I'm the worst parent, Sara Sharif's dad tells jury

The begetter of Sara Sharif has told a assemblage helium was the "worst genitor connected the planet".

Urfan Sharif described his parenting arsenic "very bad" and accepted helium was unkind and cruel nether cross-examination astatine the Old Bailey.

The tribunal antecedently heard that Sara was hooded, burned and beaten during much than 2 years of maltreatment earlier she was recovered dormant astatine her household location successful Woking, Surrey, past year.

Mr Sharif, 42, Sara's stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, person denied execution and causing oregon allowing the decease of a child.

A post-mortem introspection recovered Sara had suffered dozens of injuries including "probable quality wound marks", an robust pain and scalding from blistery h2o earlier she died connected 8 August 2023.

Mr Sharif agreed that unit to Sara had go "normalised" astatine times successful the house, but helium said his brother, Mr Malik - who lived with the household - was unaware of Sara being beaten astatine home.

The prosecution challenged Mr Sharif astir however others successful the tiny three-bedroom location were unaware of unit to Sara.

"Everything was abstracted from Faisal Malik," Mr Sharif said.

Under transverse examination, helium was questioned astir a pain to Sara’s buttocks and wound marks, which helium denies causing.

"To bash that to Sara, to property and clasp the robust crossed some her buttocks, 2 radical had to bash that?" authoritative Bill Emlyn Jones KC asked Mr Sharif.

"I don’t cognize however it happened," Mr Sharif told jurors.

Mr Emlyn Jones KC asked if idiosyncratic would person had to clasp Sara down and restrain her.

"I don’t cognize sir, indispensable person been the kids," Mr Sharif told the court.

Mr Emlyn Jones KC asked: "How debased volition you stoop?"

The tribunal antecedently heard a bloodstained cricket bat, a rolling pin with Sara’s DNA connected it, a metallic pole, a loop and enactment were recovered adjacent the family’s outhouse.

Mr Sharif was pressed by Mr Emlyn Jones KC: "When you bushed Sara truthful hard with a cricket bat that you broke her spine, did you mean to origin her a truly superior injury?"

"No sir," Mr Sharif said.

Jurors were antecedently told Mr Sharif’s lawsuit was that Ms Batool was liable for Sara’s death, and helium made a mendacious confession successful a telephone telephone and besides successful a enactment to support his wife.

On Wednesday helium changed his evidence, saying: "She died due to the fact that of me."

He aboriginal denied intending to termination her.

The proceedings continues.