she was heeded, burned, terrible. she was hooded, burned, beaten, during a campaign of abuse. and that was before her body was found with dozens of injuries at the family home in woking in surrey last year. herfatherwho family home in woking in surrey last year. herfather who is 43 family home in woking in surrey last year. her father who is 43 and mother were found guilty of murder on wednesday. and her uncle who is 29 was convicted of causing or allowing a child's death. one senior officerfrom one senior officer from surrey police said in all his 30 year career he had never seen anything like it. there is the old bailey journalists gathering to cover the sentencing of this case which has become so no tory us. in the name of little sara sharif is one everybody

knows. and it was a short life that endedin knows. and it was a short life that ended in brutality and it's one of those cases that touches every person who is involved. and i'm sure it's touched many members of the community as well. we are waiting to hear what those sentences will be. just to remind you urfan sharif, her father, he was found guilty of her murder and subjecting her to horrific suffering. beinash batjool was also found guilty of her murder and we will be finding out shortly what the sentences will be as well as their uncle. outside the old bailey is martin crocs all. hello to you. such a sad case. i don't think

we've got communications with martin just yet. we will be straight over to the old bailey to hear what we expected a and what we will hear inside caught around the sentencing of three people. the father, the stepmother and the uncle of ten—year—old sara sharif. martin, tell us what we are expecting to happen in court today. as you say, this is the sentencing hearing for the three offenders who were found guilty at the old bailey in central london and just to recap this is the case of sara sharif, the ten—year—old girl who lived in woking in surrey and she was found deadin woking in surrey and she was found dead in her bunk bed in august last year. and last wednesday her father,

urfan sharif, who was 43 and her stepmother beinash batool and her uncle faisal mehmood who is 29. they were found to guilty on the first two instances of murder and in faisal mehmood's quez, of causing or allowing the death of a child. —— faisal mehmood's case. when she died, she had sustained multiple injuries, fractures, burns, bite marks and skulls. —— faisal mehmood rotem three. herfather, stepmother and uncle fled to pakistan the day after she died in august last year and they remained hidden for several weeks and there was a huge police search across pakistan to find them and they eventually came back to the uk in september last year on the 13th of the month and they were arrested and charged on the 15th of the month. today is the sentencing hearing and after we had those

verdicts last week, what happens at a sentencing hearing is fairly similar in all cases. it can go on for several hours or even several days. in this case the hearing started just after ten o'clock this morning and the prosecution case see how the opportunity to read out a victim impact statement from sara sharif, sara sharif�*s mother who lives in poland she said sara was always smiling and had her own unique character and all olga could do was to say to give her a beautiful catholic funeral and said her face was —— beautiful catholic funeral and said herface was —— grave beautiful catholic funeral and said her face was —— grave was visited every day. candles and flowers were left for her. she said she is now an angel looking down and is no longer suffering any violence. but she said she could not understand what a sadist could do to a child. she was

addressing the people in the dock. she said she hopes to meet sara when she was an adult, but now the opportunity has passed. and addressing urfan sharif, beinash batool and faisal malik, she said you are sadists and she said i would go further —— further and say you are not sadists, you are executioners and went on to say how she is receiving psychological support i need to take strong sedatives. then the prosecution barrister had the opportunity to make a case for what he thought needed to happen in terms of sentencing and he went through some of his views on trying to guide the judge, but of course the judge, mr justice kavanagh, is the one who will ultimately make the decision and he went through some of the very distressing details which viewers may find hard to hear, even though we are familiar with this case, it

remains a very difficult case to talk about. the prosecution barrister admitted that in the murder of a child it needs to be premeditated or there is a plan to kill, and that specifically is not present in this particular case but said that the violence nonetheless was premeditated and it was substantial. he went on to talk about the way in which sara sharif was abused from the age of about six, that she sustained, torture as it was described in the past, that she was hit with a cricket bat, the leg of a high chair and she was scolded and she was burned with an iron. he said this is a case that bristles with aggravated features and the violence used wasn'tjust excessive, but it was substantial, causing a consistent level of pain and misery. he also talked about the extent to which sara had been

restrained, unable at times even to take herself to the toilet, that she suffered this violence in her own home where she ought to have felt safe and ought to have been loved and cared for. he also put before the court that the younger children in the house cannot safely have been shielded from the violence that sara suffered, that there are extensive steps taken suffered, that there are extensive steps ta ken by suffered, that there are extensive steps taken by the adults in the house to cover up the violence that sara was facing, that she was removed from school on two occasions and, as we have said, these three adults fled to pakistan. he went on to say that at times urfan sharif was out of the home and in that case, beinash batool, sara's stepmother was in charge of discipline. then we heard from caroline carbery, the kc for beinash batool who said she was very much

secondary in this case and that she was subject to the mip relations of a violent man, her husband —— the manipulations of a violent man. in the barristerfor faisal manipulations of a violent man. in the barrister for faisal mehmood rotem three said he did not know the full extent of what is going on —— malik. there was no suggestions he was party in meting out the violence. what happens next is we will see the judge in this case, the high courtjudge, mrjustice high court judge, mrjustice kavanagh high courtjudge, mrjustice kavanagh come back into the courtroom, courtroom number six at the old bailey in london and here on bbc news we will see his televised sentence remarks and finally the sentence. ., ,, ., �* sentence. urfan sharif, beinash batool and _ sentence. urfan sharif, beinash batool and faisal— sentence. urfan sharif, beinash batool and faisal malik, - sentence. urfan sharif, beinash batool and faisal malik, you - sentence. urfan sharif, beinash l batool and faisal malik, you were convicted — batool and faisal malik, you were convicted on the 11th of december 2024 _ convicted on the 11th of december 2024 after a trial at this court of offences — 2024 after a trial at this court of offences relating to the death of sara sharif on the 8th of august

2025 _ sara sharif on the 8th of august 2023. urfan sharif and beinash batool, — 2023. urfan sharif and beinash batool, you are convicted of murder. faisal_ batool, you are convicted of murder. faisal malik. — batool, you are convicted of murder. faisal malik, you are acquitted of murder— faisal malik, you are acquitted of murder but were convicted of causing or allowing _ murder but were convicted of causing or allowing the death of a child. sara _ or allowing the death of a child. sara was— or allowing the death of a child. sara was ten years old when she was murdered~ _ sara was ten years old when she was murdered. you, urfan sharif, where her falher~ — murdered. you, urfan sharif, where her father. you, murdered. you, urfan sharif, where herfather. you, beinash murdered. you, urfan sharif, where her father. you, beinash batool, where _ her father. you, beinash batool, where her— her father. you, beinash batool, where her stepmother. you, faisal malik. _ where her stepmother. you, faisal malik. were — where her stepmother. you, faisal malik, were her uncle. sara's death was the _ malik, were her uncle. sara's death was the culmination of years of neglect, — was the culmination of years of neglect, frequent assaults and what can only— neglect, frequent assaults and what can only be described as the torture of this— can only be described as the torture of this small child. mainly, but not entirely, _ of this small child. mainly, but not entirely, at— of this small child. mainly, but not entirely, at the hands of you, urfan sharif, _ entirely, at the hands of you, urfan sharif, her— entirely, at the hands of you, urfan sharif, herfather. entirely, at the hands of you, urfan sharif, her father. the degree of cruelty— sharif, her father. the degree of cruelty involved is almost inconceivable. this happened in plain— inconceivable. this happened in plain sight, in front of the rest of the family. — plain sight, in front of the rest of the family, including, forthe

plain sight, in front of the rest of the family, including, for the last eight _ the family, including, for the last eight months of sara's life, in front— eight months of sara's life, in front of— eight months of sara's life, in front of you, faisal malik. the courts — front of you, faisal malik. the courts of— front of you, faisal malik. the courts of the old bailey have been witness _ courts of the old bailey have been witness to — courts of the old bailey have been witness to many accounts of awful crimes, _ witness to many accounts of awful crimes, but — witness to many accounts of awful crimes, but she —— if you can have been _ crimes, but she —— if you can have been more — crimes, but she —— if you can have been more terrible than the account of the _ been more terrible than the account of the despicable treatment of this poor child — of the despicable treatment of this poor child that the jury in this case — poor child that the jury in this case have _ poor child that the jury in this case have had to endure. judges must case have had to endure. ju