your role in in the torture of sara. your role in these horrific events limited to standing by and failing to take any action to prevent them. i now come to the sentences. urfan sharif, beinash batool, faisal malik, stand—up. urfan sharif, for the murder of sara sharif, i sentence you to imprisonment for life. taking account of all the relevant circumstances and mitigating factors i have set out, the minimum term will be a0 years. beinash batool, for the murder of sara sharif, i sentence you to imprisonment for life. taking account of other relative circumstances and aggravating and mitigating factors i have set out, the minimum term will be 33 years, leicester time you have

spent on remand. —— less the time. at the event of causing or allowing the death of sara sharif, i sentence you to imprisonment for 16 years, less the time you have saved on remand. you will serve up to two thirds of your sentence in custody. you will serve the remainder on licence. you must keep to the terms of your license and commit no further offence or you will be liable to be recalled and you may then serve the rest of your sentence in custody. you may take them down. now we have high courtjudge mr justice kavanagh telling the offenders, what he is sentencing them to, just a recap, he told urfan sharif that he will serve a life term of a0 years minimum. beinash batool also a lifetime, and her case 33 years minimum, minus the amount of time that she has spent on

remand. he ideally said that was a58 days that all three had been in custody. —— earlier said. and for allowing the death of a child he sentenced faisal malik to a minimum of 16 years, sentenced faisal malik to a minimum of16 years, again sentenced faisal malik to a minimum of 16 years, again less the amount of 16 years, again less the amount of time spent on remand, add two thirds of that will be spent in custody with the rest on licence. this case has been very difficult to report on, as you can imagine. it is very difficult to tell audiences repeatedly just very difficult to tell audiences repeatedlyjust how badly a little girl sara sharif was treated. here at the old bailey, many cases are heard where there are harrowing details shared in the course of the evidence, and this case, police officers and thejudge evidence, and this case, police officers and the judge have said has been amongst the worst. when the judge went through the facts of the case, he talked about how the treatment of sara had been despicable, he said the degree of cruelty that she had suffered was inconceivable. and while mindful of

the kind of language thatjudges have to use, he said it was no exaggeration to describe the treatment that she suffered as torture, such was the campaign of abuse that she was put through over many years. addressing the three offenders, he said, none of you showed a shred of true remorse. he said, urfan sharif and beinash batool were the only ones who could have done something to save sara and they didn't do anything at all, they continued with the sustained campaign of abuse. he said that the sentence he was going to pass down while not to be seen as a value of sara's life, nothing, he said, can recompense herfor the sara's life, nothing, he said, can recompense her for the loss of her life. he went on dan set out the facts of the case which would explain why he would hand down the sentences that he did. also the fact of the case were in tribute to sara.

then he set out in the chronology of what sara's life was like from the time she was born in 2013 and then the abuse she suffered and then the efforts of the adults in her house to conceal the extent of her injuries. he said, it is clear that sara was singled out amongst the children in your home for this treatment, she was treated as a skivvy, home—schooling was used as a roos. and thejudge skivvy, home—schooling was used as a roos. and the judge said that beinash batool didn't stand in the way of the abuse and he told faisal malik that it was preposterous that he didn't know what was going on, the medical evidence, thejudge said, was harrowing. we arejoined by danny shaw, a police and crime commentator. you have covered many trials in your time of this nature

when you were a bbcjournalist for many years. share your reflections on this case. i many years. share your reflections on this case-— on this case. i cannot think of listenin: on this case. i cannot think of listening to — on this case. i cannot think of listening to the _ on this case. i cannot think of listening to the sentencing i on this case. i cannot think of - listening to the sentencing remarks from the judge that have spelt out in quite the detail and horror of the injuries inflicted on a child. in such circumstances. it was, it has been absolutely harrowing to listen to. one can only imagine the suffering that sara must have gone through for those months and years, culminating in that dreadful meeting that she receive in the last hours of her life. absolutely horrendous. it does beg the question as to whether the framework of sentencing it does beg the question as to whether the framework of sentencing in cases like vaseball murder really in cases like vaseball murder really adequately represents the gravity of adequately represents the gravity of

this particular crime, because the this particular crime, because the judge made clear that it was not judge made clear that it was not appropriate for him to impose a appropriate for him to impose a whole life order, which is where the whole life order, which is where the convicted murderer dies behind bars, convicted murderer dies behind bars, they have to spend the rest of their they have to spend the rest of their life in custody. thejudge made it life in custody. thejudge made it clear quite early on when he was clear quite early on when he was coming to the sentencing that the coming to the sentencing that the legislation doesn't permit him in legislation doesn't permit him in this particular case to impose a this particular case to impose a whole life order. i have to say it whole life order. i have to say it is difficult to think of a worse is difficult to think of a worse case involving the prolonged case involving the prolonged suffering of a child and so one has suffering of a child and so to ask the question, is that framework correct? in any event, he imposed very long minimum terms, a0 years for urfan sharif, so he will serve at least a0 years in prison, and at the end of that, if he is still alive, the parole board will

make a decision as to whether it

case involving the prolonged suffering of a child ar remarks and he during his sentencing remarks and he clearly had consider it very carefully. but when you listen to the evidence, i think the description is certainlyjustified. danny shaw, we appreciate your insights, thank you. you are with bbc news. we are also joint now here on bbc news by former high court judge wendyjoseph casey, i am so sorry, we were hoping to speak to herfor her insight sorry, we were hoping to speak to her for her insight from a judge's perspective, but let's just explain what has been happening at the old bailey. as we have been hearing since early this morning, the legal teams for the offenders arrived in court to make their case, the case of the prosecution were sharing their submissions regarding what

sort of terms they believe the judge should be handing down to those found guilty. and in defence the barristers for the offenders set out what they believed to be a mitigation that might reduce the terms of those sentences. as we have just recapped, urfan sharif will serve a minimum of a0 years in prison before he would be eligible to be considered for parole. beinash batool is to serve a minimum of 33 years, minus time spent on remand, a58 days, when she would be eligible to be considered for parole. faisal malik to serve a minimum of 16 years, again minus the time he spent over a man, two thirds of that to be in custody and the rest on licence. there were some very strong comments from mrjustice kavanagh doing his sentencing remarks, let's listen.

sara's death was the combination of years of neglect, frequent assault and what can only be described as the torture of this small child. mainly but not entirely at the hands of view, herfather, urfan sharif. the degree of cruelty involved is almost inconceivable. this happened in plain sight, in front of the almost inconceivable. this happened in plain sight, in front of