GUILTY UK - Sara Sharif, 10, found murdered in house, Surrey, Aug 2023 *POIs ARREST* #4

[Alyce]

Jury due back in at 12.30pm

 

[Bluebear15]

I believe that B is as responsible for her death as U. More than one person can be found guilty of murder.
Jmo, moo

 

[Skigh]

Sara Sharif: Father takes responsibility for death of 10-year-old daughter

Urfan Sharif accepts “responsibility” for her death but denies he meant to kill her, a court heard.

www.bbc.co.uk

Carberry KC added: “You have pleaded not guilty to the offence of murder. Would you like that charge to be put to you again?”

“Yes,” Mr Sharif said.

His barrister, Naeem Mian KC, then stood up and asked for time to speak to his defendant.

As his admissions increased, some members of the jury were open-mouthed.

At this stage, Ms Batool, who had been sobbing loudly, left the court.

 

[Nikynoo]

DBM

ETA I don't believe this will absolve the others and I find it difficult to attribute noble motives to Urfan Sharif in doing this. So much damaging information has been presented to the court - could he, advised by his lawyers, be hoping for a more lenient sentence?

He might hope, but he won't get!

 

[VioletLilac]

I bet once he's in prison he'll appeal and change his mind about whether he did it again. He has form for admitting it and then denying it. Hopefully all appeals will fail.

 

[Nikynoo]

Sara Sharif's father 'takes full responsibility' for death of daughter

Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, who is on trial at the Old Bailey, confessed that he had battered the 10-year-old schoolgirl with a cricket bat and a metal pole.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Caroline Carberry, KC, defending his wife Beinash Batool, 30, asked: 'Did you beat her? Did you inflict injuries on her'

Speaking softly in the dock, he nodded, saying: 'Yes.' He added: 'I take full responsibility.'

He denied biting or burning his daughter when asked to look at a folder detailing the injuries on her body. 'I can't do that. I can't look at it. I take full responsibility,' he said.

Ms Carberry said: 'Did you use the cricket bat to inflict these injuries.'

He said: 'Yes ma'am.'

She went on: 'Did you use a white metal pole to cause these marks.'

He answered: 'Yes ma'am.'

He said he took 'full responsibility' for breaking bones in her neck, but he did not know if he used a belt to cause the injury.

Batool fled the dock in tears as he confessed. The Old Bailey trial was paused this morning after the dramatic admissions.

Sharif, Batool, and Sara's uncle Faisal Malik, 29, formerly of Hammond Road, Woking, deny Sara's murder and causing or allowing her death.

So that leaves the bite mark and the burns to Sara's bottom - injuries caused by B?

 

[Nikynoo]

Highly doubt they will be acquitted both fled the scene of a crime and both allowed the death of a child especially bienash as she shows she was aware of the damage in messages to her sisters

I agree. B had PR for Sara, so she is also resposible for her well being.

 

[Skigh]

So that leaves the bite mark and the burns to Sara's bottom - injuries caused by B?

The BBC report (linked above) mentions scalding as well.


A post-mortem examination found Sara had suffered dozens of injuries including "probable human bite marks", an iron burn and scalding from hot water before she died on 8 August 2023.

 

[Yellowbelly]

Jury due back in at 12.30pm


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He's asked for the charge to be put again, but denied that he intended to kill. To me, that looks like he intends to plead not guilty to murder but guilty of manslaughter, but we'll see.

 

[Nikynoo]

Olga Sharif, as the biological mother of Sara Sharif and her 13-year-old brother, held Parental Responsibility (PR) for both children. In the UK, a mother automatically has PR unless it has been legally removed through processes such as specific court orders.

In 2019, a family court ruled that Sara and her older brother should live with their father, Urfan Sharif. This decision pertained to the children's living arrangements and did not necessarily affect Olga's PR status. Therefore, unless there was a specific court order removing her PR, Olga would have retained her parental rights and responsibilities. Does anyone know if this was removed?

Since the PR encompasses the legal rights and duties a parent has concerning their child's upbringing, including decisions about education, health care, and welfare. Even if a child resides with one parent, the other parent typically retains PR unless a court decides otherwise.

So unless Olga had the PR removed, how could BB and US take Sara off school?

Beinash Batool sought legal advice regarding Child Arrangement Orders (In February 2022, she consulted solicitors who provided guidance on non-molestation orders and Child Arrangement Orders. Also she reached out to them via email, inquiring about the necessary forms to obtain a court order concerning the children and stepchildren). Had she filled in the form and gained CAO, Olga would have been notified.

I do think they all three are guilty of her death. I honestly dont care who was left holding the smoking gun. They all are responsible (JMO)

Rather than spending time on her phone texting her relatives, B should have been calling the police and Social Service!

(IMOO)

Because B and U also have PR.

 

[Nikynoo]

From the Daily Mail article linked to above -

"He asked to sit down and wept as Ms Carberry asked: 'She died because you beat her. So that is true?'

He said: 'Yes ma'am. I take full responsibility.

But he shook his head when asked if he intended to cause serious harm or to kill her."

So it looks like he's still denying that it's murder, so I think the trial carries on. Effectively, he's just admitted to Sara's manslaughter.

Its still murder. Its obvious if you hit a young child with a cricket bat (and other weapons), that it is going to cause serious harm.

 

[Bluebear15]

He's asked for the charge to be put again, but denied that he intended to kill. To me, that looks like he intends to plead not guilty to murder but guilty of manslaughter, but we'll see.

I've never seen manslaughter mentioned as one of the charges. It can only be murder.

 

[Tortoise]

It seems there's quite a bit he's still denying while accepting responsibility for her death. Bruising, an iron burn, water scalding while restrained, bites, and I haven't seen what the purpose of the plastic hoods was, or which one of them did that, and bound her with tape.

 

[Alyce]

Mr Carberry said: “You have pleaded not guilty to the offence of murder. Would you like that charge to be put to you again?” Sharif replied: “Yeah.”


His barrister Naeem Mian KC then stood up and asked for time to speak to Sharif. Mr Justice Cavanagh sent the jury away adjourned the case until 12.30pm.

Sara Sharif's father tells jury he 'takes full responsibility' for her death

He admitted causing fractures to Sara by hitting her with a cricket bat or pole

www.getsurrey.co.uk

 

[MadeleineMaxwell]

B as a step parent wouldn't have PR unless there was a specific order in place saying so.

I agree with comments that there is still a LOT U isn't taking responsibility for IMO.

 

[thatssoamy]

Beaten with a cricket bat, my God that poor child

 

[Yellowbelly]

I've never seen manslaughter mentioned as one of the charges. It can only be murder.

Pleading not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter is a possible plea in England, even if manslaughter isn't on the indictment.

"If a defendant pleads not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter without that appearing as a count on the indictment, that plea is a nullity if the prosecution does not accept it."

Homicide: Murder, manslaughter, infanticide and causing or allowing the death or serious injury of a child or vulnerable adult | The Crown Prosecution Service

www.cps.gov.uk

 

[Skigh]

B as a step parent wouldn't have PR unless there was a specific order in place saying so.

I agree with comments that there is still a LOT U isn't taking responsibility for IMO.

I presume that is because other injuries were inflicted by another person/people.

 

[Bluebear15]

Pleading not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter is a possible plea in England, even if manslaughter isn't on the indictment.

"If a defendant pleads not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter without that appearing as a count on the indictment, that plea is a nullity if the prosecution does not accept it."

Homicide: Murder, manslaughter, infanticide and causing or allowing the death or serious injury of a child or vulnerable adult | The Crown Prosecution Service

www.cps.gov.uk

Thanks, I've seen that plea at the start of a trial just never in the middle. I'd be ashamed of the prosecution if they accepted it.

 

[Yellowbelly]

Its still murder. Its obvious if you hit a young child with a cricket bat (and other weapons), that it is going to cause serious harm.

I agree, which is why I would be suprised if the prosecution accept a guilty plea to a lesser offence at this late stage.