Sara Sharif, 10, was found dead in a bunk bed at her home(Image: PA)

Sara Sharif's dad wrote 'chilling 3 words in note where he admits to killing her'

Sara Sharif's body was found in a bunk bed in her home in Woking, Surrey, following a call from her dad in Pakistan saying he "beat her up too much" for being "naughty"

by · The Mirror

The father of tragic schoolgirl Sara Sharif wrote "Love you Sara" in a chilling note in which he admitted to killing his child, a court heard.

Urfan Sharif, 42, is on trial for the murder of 10-year-old Sara, who was discovered dead in a bunk bed in her home. The court was told Sharif, a taxi driver, left a note after the killing, which read "Love you Sara" on the first page and was followed by a long message on the second.

The latter part allegedly said: "Whoever see this note it's me Urfan Sharif who killed my daughter by beating. I am running away because I am scared but I promise that I will hand over myself and take punishment.

"I swear to God that my intention was not to kill her but I lost it. My daughter is Muslim. Can you burry (sic) her like Muslim may be. I will be back before you finish the post-mortem."

The girl's dad, Urfan Sharif, allegedly fled to Pakistan after it is said he killed his daughter( Image: Surrey Police/AFP via Getty Imag)
Sara suffered multiple injuries, a court was told( Image: PA)

Sara's stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, also stand accused of murder at the Old Bailey. Her dad, however, was sobbed as he confessed to killing his daughter, saying "I'm a cruel father" in a phone call to police, the jury was told.

They also heard the police non-emergency 101 number had received the call at 2.47am on August 10 2023, two days after Sara died. The court previously heard that all three defendants had fled to Pakistan after allegedly murdering the 10-year-old girl.

During the call from Pakistan, which lasted eight minutes and 34 seconds, the taxi driver can be heard crying as he confessed to killing his daughter, refusing to reveal his location and saying he would hand himself in to Woking police station.

In the phone call, played to jurors on Tuesday, an emotional Sharif asked the operator to write down his address, spelling out his postcode, and telling them to "send someone" to his home in Woking, Surrey.

In the recording, Sharif said Sara had been "naughty" over the last three to four weeks and he was "giving her punishment" to "sort her out", adding "I did something and she died".

Tributes are left outside the family address in Woking, Surrey( Image: SWNS)

Earlier in the call, the operator can be heard asking Sharif "is everything okay?" to which he responds: "Nothing is okay." At one point, Sharif can be heard getting so emotional that the operator says he cannot understand what he is saying and tells him to "take a deep breath".

Sharif continued: "I did legally punish my daughter and she died. I left the home in a panic. I killed my daughter. I killed my daughter." Sharif can then be heard telling the operator he left his front door keys under the mat and repeatedly asking police to go to his address.

He said: "My daughter's dead. I panicked and left home." The operator then asks who killed Sharif's daughter, to which he responds "It's me. Her dada." Sharif added: "I beat her up, it wasn't my intention to kill her, but I beat her up too much." All three defendants, of Hammond Road in Woking, have denied Sara's murder and causing or allowing the death of a child between December 16 2022 and August 9 2023. The trial continues.