Sara Sharif: Cause of death not yet established, says coroner

The origin of decease of 10-year-old Sara Sharif has not yet been established, an inquest heard.

Sara's assemblage was recovered unsocial astatine location successful Woking connected 10 August, a time aft her relatives flew to Pakistan.

The precise origin of decease was "not yet ascertained" but was apt to beryllium "unnatural", an inquest into her decease astatine Surrey Coroner's Court heard.

At the opening of the inquest, coroner Simon Wickens adjourned the proceeding for six months portion constabulary investigate.

Detectives launched an planetary manhunt pursuing the find of Sara's body.

The 3 radical who are wanted by the constabulary are Sara's father, Urfan Sharif, 41, his partner, Beinash Batool, 29, and his brother, Faisal Malik, 28.

Mr Wickens, the country coroner for the County of Surrey, said helium would not usually adjourn proceedings for specified a agelong period, but helium was doing truthful due to the fact that of the complexity of the constabulary probe and the planetary element.

He confirmed that Sara Sharif was calved successful Slough successful January 2013 and died successful her location successful Woking.

Her decease was verified successful the aboriginal hours of 10 August, but that was not needfully the clip of death.

She was identified by comparing her DNA with that of her parent Olga Sharif.

The tribunal heard that astatine a post-mortem introspection the pathologist Nathaniel Carey was incapable to ascertain the precise origin of death, but said it was apt to beryllium unnatural.

The coroner offered his sincere condolences to Sara's household and suspended the inquest until 29 February.

Nobody from her household was contiguous astatine the inquest opening.

Meanwhile, Pakistan constabulary said they are widening the search for the household of a Sara.

Detectives told the BBC they had expanded the hunt to 2 much areas astir the metropolis of Jhelum - taking the full to 4 areas, having received caller accusation from aggregate sources.

Police successful the UK said Mr Sharif, 41, made a 999 telephone from Pakistan starring to them uncovering Sara's body, soon aft landing successful Islamabad.

A court successful Pakistan past week has said Mr Sharif's relatives successful the state cannot beryllium detained for questioning connected his whereabouts.

It came aft Mr Sharif's household said constabulary had illegally detained 2 of his brothers who unrecorded successful Pakistan.