Stepmum tied Sara Sharif up with tape, jury told

A stepmother accused of sidesplitting Sara Sharif tied the 10-year-old’s hands down her backmost with portion for being naughty, a tribunal has heard.

Sara’s assemblage was recovered with dozens of injuries astatine the family’s location successful Woking, Surrey, past year, the Old Bailey was told.

Her begetter Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, person denied murder.

Giving evidence, Mr Sharif told jurors helium returned location unexpectedly to find a “terrified” Sara with her hands tied with packing tape.

He told the tribunal that Ms Batool was “shocked” to spot him location during the incidental successful precocious June oregon aboriginal July past year, a substance of weeks earlier Sara was recovered dead.

Asked what his woman told him had happened, helium said: “Beinash said that, ‘she’d been naughty, truthful I tied her hands truthful that she does not wounded herself’."

Asked what his absorption was, Mr Sharif told the tribunal helium shouted successful choler and helped Sara.

“She was terrified, Sara. She was scared,” helium said.

He told jurors Ms Batool apologised to him and said she would not bash it again.

“She is precise manipulative,” helium added.

Mr Sharif besides told the tribunal Ms Batool was a “psycho” and “evil”, and that helium slapped Sara aft Ms Batool told him Sara had injured immoderate of the different children.

He went connected to accidental that Ms Batool would blasted Sara "for everything".

“That mediocre miss ever been accused by that psycho sitting there, that psycho sitting there, she ever accused my daughter," Mr Sharif said.

“Nothing happened erstwhile I was home, she ever accused her of each azygous happening that happened.”

Jurors were 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.

Naeem Mian KC, for Mr Sharif, antecedently told the tribunal that Mr Sharif arrived location to find Sara “limp” connected 8 August 2023, earlier attempting CPR and begging for an ambulance to beryllium called.

“He was told successful Urdu oregon Punjabi, ‘leave it, she’s dead’,” by Ms Batool, Mr Mian KC added.

The tribunal antecedently heard that Sara was hooded, burned and beaten during much than 2 years of abuse.

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.

Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC antecedently said 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.

The tribunal besides antecedently heard Mr Sharif, Ms Batool and Mr Malik travelled to Islamabad, Pakistan, with different household members connected 9 August 2023.

Prosecutors said Mr Sharif called constabulary from Pakistan and admitted helium killed Sara astir an hr aft his family’s formation had landed successful Islamabad.

The 3 defendants, who lived with Sara successful Woking earlier her death, are besides charged with causing oregon allowing the decease of a child, which they deny.