Sara Sharif's dad 'called police to say he'd killed 10-year-old'

The father of Sara Sharif called 999 from Pakistan to say he had ‘legally punished her and she died’, a court heard.

Urfan Sharif, 42, also left a note next to 10-year-old Sara’s body on her bunk bed which said: ‘I swear to God that my intention was not to kill her. But I lost it’.

Sharif, along with partner Beinash Batool, 30, and brother Faisal Malik, 29, are all accused of murdering Sara at her home in Woking last year.

In a 999 call at 2:47am on August 10, 2023, the dad said: ‘I’ve killed my daughter. I’ve legally punished her and she died.’

Asked for further details, he told the operator: ‘I beat her up, it wasn’t my intention to kill her but I beat her up too much.’

Sharif then fled to Pakistan alongside Batool and Malik, where they spent more than a month following Sara’s death.

They were arrested on September 13 last year at Gatwick Airport having flown back from Dubai.

A post-mortem revealed Sara had suffered ‘multiple and extensive injuries’ over a ‘sustained and extended’ period of time, the Old Bailey heard.

Sara had probably died on 8 August, two days before Urfan called police.

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