From my favourite Dragon:
Wednesday, November 6
Sara’s father maintained that nothing ever happened when he was at home with the children,
and whenever Sara was injured,
Batool always blamed Sara for how these were obtained,
such as fighting with her brother.
Sharif claimed that Batool never allowed him to speak to Sara to find out what was going on,
telling the court:
“
Beinash did not let me speak with Sara to get to the bottom of what is happening.
The only person who knew what was happening was Beinash.”
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He also told the court that he wanted to leave Batool
and travelled to Pakistan in November 2022
after buying a one-way ticket with no intention of coming back.
He ended up returning on December 3
after finding out his son was sick.
The jury was told
that Faisal Malik, Sharif’s brother,
flew into the UK on December 17, 2022
ahead of starting his university course in Portsmouth.
There was also some discussion of phone call records between the defendants,
with a particular focus on the day that the parcel tape was ordered from Amazon.
The IP address traced the order to Batool at Hammond Road.
Cell site data showed her in that vicinity
and Sharif in Guildford
at the time of the order.
The jury was also told that after flying out to Pakistan following Sara’s death in August 2023,
both Batool and Sharif spoke to Batool’s sister Qandeela and her brother Mohib.
Sharif told them both that,
if anyone asked,
he was responsible for Sara’s death.
He claimed he did this to protect Batool and the other children.
Guildford News
guildford-dragon.com