craig emmerson, detective chief inspector at surrey police gave this statement outside the court. after a ten week trial, a jury has found urfan sharif and beinash batool — the father and stepmother of ten—year—old sara sharif — guilty of her murder. faisal malik, sara's uncle, was found guilty of causing or allowing her death. sara was a bright and lively little girl who loved singing and dancing and on behalf of surrey police, i would like to extend my deepest condolences to her mother, olga, hersiblings and all those who knew and cared for her. sara's spirit and bravery and resilience in the face of the suffering that she endured has shone through from the vast faisal malik, sara's uncle, was found guilty of causing or allowing her death. sara was a bright and lively little girl who loved singing and dancing and on behalf of surrey police, i would like to extend my deepest condolences to her mother, olga, hersiblings and all those who knew and cared for her. sara's spirit and bravery and resilience in the face of the suffering that she endured has shone through from the vast in

craig emmerson, detective chief inspector at surrey police, gave this statement outside the court.ay after a ten week trial, a jury has found urfan sharif and beinash batool, the father and stepmother of ten—year—old sara sharif, guilty of her murder. faisal malik, sarah's uncle, was found guilty of causing or allowing her death. sara was a bright and lively little girl who loved singing and dancing. and on behalf of surrey police, i would like to extend my deepest condolences to her mother, olga, her siblings and all those who knew and cared for her. sarah's spirit and bravery and resilience in the face of the suffering that she endured has shone, shone through from the vast inquiries that have been undertaken in this case. judith reed from the crown prosecution service delivered this statement outside the court. it has been a painstaking operation by surrey police and the crown prosecution service to build this case and be able to prove to the jury that urfan sharif and beinash batool were both responsible for saras murder. by showing they were there in the run up to saras death,

surrey police has worked tirelessly— actions.rey police has worked tirelessly to prove that urfan sharif, — tirelessly to prove that urfan sharif, british petrol and faisal malik— sharif, british petrol and faisal malik played a part in her death. urfan _ malik played a part in her death. urfan sharif took the stand intending to blame beinash batool and faisal malik refused — beinash batool and faisal malik refused to take the stand at all or— refused to take the stand at all or provide information on what — all or provide information on what happened in police interviews. all three defendants have only ever sought _ defendants have only ever sought to protect their own interests throughout this investigation and have shown no remorse — investigation and have shown no remorse for their truly dreadful behaviour. sara sharif's _ dreadful behaviour. sara sharif's def death has been one of the _ sharif's def death has been one of the most awful cases the police — of the most awful cases the police has dealt with. i would like to— pol

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

one senior officerfrom one senior officer from surrey police said in all his 30 year career he had neverentencing of this case which has become so no tory us. in the name of little sara sharif is one everybody knows.

police. he had left sara's body alone at home in woking in surrey and fled with his family to pakistan. moment police arrived at the house. police! upstairs, under covers in a bunk bed, they found sara's body. her father had left a note. it said, "it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating." the little girl had around 100 injuries, including broken bones, bruises, burns and bite marks. police discovered this cricket bat with sara's blood on it and a metal pole that her father hit her with as she lay dying. hours after sara was murdered, her family were at heathrow, heading for pakistan. but after months on the run, sara's father, stepmother and uncle returned to the uk and were arrested. the body of sara sharif was discovered. you are therefore arrested for murder of sara sharif. during the trial, sara's father initially denied almost everything in the witness box before dramatically changing his evidence. today at the old bailey, urfan sharif and sara's stepmother, beinash batool, were found guilty of her murder. as sara's father was convicted of murdering his daughter, h

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an independent review will now examine why surrey county council, the family court, the police and her the old bailey. pope francis has revealed in his forthcoming autobiography, that he was targeted by suicide bombers during his visit to iraq but was saved by a tip off from british intelligence. the attacks were planned in 2021 during his visit to mosul, where iraqi christians had been killed or driven out by islamic state fighters. according to the intelligence, a woman carrying explosives was intending to blow herself up during the papal visit and a truck was also on its way with the same intent. the pope said he was told of the planned attacks as soon as he flew into iraq to start his visit, but it went ahead anyway. father benedict kiely is the founder of nasarean.org — he's a catholic priest who has worked in and visited iraq several times. excerpts from pope francis 5 autobiography say british intelligence and iraqi police foiled two suicide bomb plots during the visit in 2021. we understand, you were in iraq that time. what a brave move it was on the part of pope francis. he wh

an independent review will now examine why surrey county council, the family court, the police and her bbc news at the old bailey. still to come on the world today: campaigners react with anger, as the government says there'll be no compensation for women affected by the change in the state pension age. and a warning from the un about the state of our crucial ecosystems. around the world and across the uk, this is the world today on bbc news. we are going to take you straight to madison, wisconsin, where police have just started an update on the shooting at a school there yesterday. two victims. the person who carried out the shooting a 15—year—old girl also dead. let's listen in. ., girl also dead. let's listen in. for the madison community. we are brought _ in. for the madison community. we are brought together - in. for the madison community. we are brought together by - in. for the madison community. we are brought together by a i we are brought together by a tragedy, and today three families woke up this morning to a world without a loved one. and that can never be... in the midst

an independent review will now examine why surrey county council, the family court, the police and hervent her death. as we heard there, thejudge highlighted what he called the dangers of the unsupervised home—schooling of vulnerable children. alison holt is here, along with daniel. alison, a change in the law on home—schooling was brought forward by the government because of this awful case. and we have had cases in the past where home—schooling has been an element where parents who were trying to manipulate the situation had removed their child. this legislation is designed to try to tackle that. there will be a register of children who are not in school and we are told that will mean monitoring visits although we don't know how often those will happen. in surrey, where sara lived, there's already a register and she was killed during the school holidays so the change that might have made the biggest difference in her case is that any family where there has been a child protection plan or an there has been a child protection plan oran inquiry there has been a child protection plan or

police. he had left sara's body alone at home in woking in surrey and fled with his family to pakistan. the moment police arrived at the house. police! upstairs, under covers in a bunk bed, they found sara's body. her father had left a note. it said, "it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating." the little girl had around 100 injuries, including broken bones, bruises, burns and bite marks. police discovered this cricket bat with sara's blood on it and a metal pole that her father hit her with as she lay dying. hours after sara was murdered, her family were at heathrow, heading for pakistan. but after months on the run, sara's father, stepmother and uncle returned to the uk and were arrested. the body of sara sharif was discovered. you are therefore arrested for murder of sara sharif. during the trial, sara's father initially denied almost everything in the witness box before dramatically changing his evidence. today at the old bailey, urfan sharif and sara's stepmother, beinash batool, were found guilty of her murder. as sara's father was convicted of murdering his daughte

police. he had left sara's body alone at home in woking in surrey and fled with his family to pakistan. oment police arrived at the house. police! upstairs, under covers in a bunk bed, they found sara's body. her father had left a note. it said, "it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating." the little girl had around 100 injuries, including broken bones, bruises, burns and bite marks. police discovered this cricket bat with sara's blood on it and a metal pole that her father hit her with as she lay dying. hours after sara was murdered, her family were at heathrow, heading for pakistan. but after a month on the run, sara's father, stepmother and uncle returned to the uk, and were arrested. the body of sara sharif was discovered. you are therefore arrested for murder of sara sharif. during the trial, sara's father initially denied almost everything in the witness box before dramatically changing his evidence. today at the old bailey, urfan sharif and sara's stepmother, beinash batool, were found guilty of her murder. as sara's father was convicted of murdering his daughter, h

an independent review will now examine why surrey county council, the family court, the police and herble to prevent her death. daniel sandford, bbc news at the old bailey. as we heard there, the judge went out of his way to highlight what he called the dangers of unsupervised home—schooling of vulnerable children. under new legislation put forward today, some parents in england will no longer have the automatic right to take their children out of school. our social affairs editor alison holt is here. alison, how much difference could this change make to children like sara sharif? it is really difficult to say, because one of the important things to remember here is that it was her father and stepmother who should have kept her safe but murdered her brutally. tragically there are always situations where people do evil things. always situations where people do evilthings. but always situations where people do evil things. but we hope with this bill is it will strengthen the safeguards. so there will be a register of children who are not in school and we are told that will mean monitorin

police. my daughter is dead! he had left sara's body alone at home in woking in surrey and fled with his family to pakistan. er covers in a bunk bed, they found sara's body. her father had left a note. it said, "it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating." the little girl had around 100 injuries, including broken bones, bruises, burns and bite marks. police discovered this cricket bat with sara's blood on it and a metal pole that her father hit her with as she lay dying. hours after sara was murdered, her family were at heathrow, heading for pakistan. but after a month on the run, sara's father, stepmother and uncle returned to the uk and were arrested. the body of sara sharif was discovered. you are therefore arrested for murder of sara sharif. during the trial, sara's father initially denied almost everything in the witness box before dramatically changing his evidence. today at the old bailey, urfan sharif and sara's stepmother, beinash batool, were found guilty of her murder. as sara's father was convicted of murdering his daughter, he stared straight ahead. sara's stepmother, beinash batoo

police. >> my daughter is dead. >> who has killed your daughter? >> it is me. >> he had left her body alone at home in woking in surrey and fled with his family to pakistane moment police arrived at the house. upstairs under covers in a bunk bed, they found her body. her father had left a note. it said it is me who killed my daughter by beating. the little girl had around 100 injuries including broken bones, bruises, burns and bite marks. police discovered this cricket bat with her blood on it and a metal pole that her father hit her with as she laid dying. hours after she was murdered, her family were at heathrow heading for pakistan but after a month of the run, her father, stepmother and uncle returned to the u.k. and were arrested. >> the body of sare sharif was discovered. >> you are arrested for the murder of sare sharif. >> during the trial, her father initially denied almost everything in the witness box before dramatically changing his evidence. today at the old bailey, he and the stepmother were found guilty of her murder. as her father was convicted of murdering his daughter, he stared straight ahead. her stepmother sobbed as she was also conv

police discovered sara's body in a bunk bed at the family home in surrey in august last year. , herfamily abandoned her body. they fled to pakistan, from where the ten—year—old's father called police. your daughter has died? i killed my daughter. he also left this note by his daughter's body. it said, "it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating." after more than a month on the run, sara's father, stepmother and uncle faisal malik, came back to the uk and were arrested. they made no comment during police interviews. who did that to sara? no comment. do you love sara? no comment. did you care about her at all? no comment. the old bailey trial heard that sara had been subjected to horrific suffering for more than two years. she had dozens of old and new injuries, including fractures and refractures, burns, bruises, and bite marks. today, herfather and stepmother will be sentenced for her murder. sara would help with the washing. judy lozeron lived next door to sara and herfamily in woking. i shall feel glad that they're going to get the punishment that they deserve.

surrey home and fled to pakistan. it was from there where sara's father called the police. your daughter has died?all which led police to the family home, where, upstairs, in a bunk bed, covered in a blanket, they found sara's body. her father had left this note. it said, "it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating." after a month on the run in pakistan, sara's father, stepmother and her uncle, faisal malik, returned to the uk and were arrested. they all gave no—comment interviews to police. who did that to sarah? no comment. do you love sarah? no comment. did you care about her at all? no comment. a postmortem examination revealed that sara had around 100 injuries, including broken bones, bruising, burns and bite marks. during searches, police found this cricket bat with sara's blood on it, and this white metal pole, which sara's father hit her with as she lay dying. during the trial, urfan sharif dramatically changed his evidence in the witness box. he ended up admitting to beating his daughter repeatedly and with force over a number of weeks. the murder of a child is absolutely sh

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police were called just after 9pm on saturday. another man in his 30s was also injured. a vigil has been held outside the family house of 10—year—old sara sharif in surreylowers and cards to pay tribute to the child. sara's father, urfan sharif, and stepmother, beinash batool, were found guilty of her murder in 2023 earlier this week following a ten—week trial. her body was found at the house. you're live with bbc news. now to syria, where a week after the dictator, bashar al—assad, was ousted by islamist rebels, other countries are starting to establish how they will deal with the new interim regime. on his first visit to damascus since mr assad fled, the un envoy for syria said he supports lifting sanctions on the country. he urged justice, not revenge — and he called for increased and immediate aid. a delegation from qatar has also been in the syrian capital, meeting the transitional government. russia — which was a close backer of assad — has evacuated much of its diplomatic staff. the main rebel group, hts, remains a proscribed terrorist organisation in the uk. but the country's foreign secretary, david lammy, says british diplomats have establishe

police was called after 9pm on saturday. another man in his 30s was also injured. a vigil has been held outside the family house of 10—year—old sara sharif in surreytribute to the child. sara's father, urfan sharif, and stepmother, beinash batool, were found guilty of her murder in 2023 earlier this week following a ten—week trial. her body was found at the house. you're live with bbc news. south korea's constitutional court has started its preparations for president yoon suk yeol�*s impeachment trial. justices are reviewing saturday's parliamentary vote to suspend him from office after his failed attempt to impose military rule. the court has up to 180 days to decide whether to uphold the impeachment, or reinstate mr yoon. if it's upheld, a snap election will be held within sixty days. mac president yoon is yet to appear at a questioning at the prosecutors office despite multiple requests. investigators hope to talk to him on wednesday. the role of the people power party has said he will step down, 12 member for his party broke from their party planning to vote in favour of impeachment. he said it has become impossible to carry out his duties as

surrey police says it's are cracking down on drink and drug—drivers in the run up to christmas. a minimum 12—month driving ban, an unlimited fine, or a prison sentence. a single mum living in a block of flats in harlow — which are due to be knocked down by the local council — says there s not enough help for private tenants. the sycamore field complex was condemned by the fire brigade over safety concerns, and harlow council voted in february to demolish them. the council says its been working to support every single resident, with three—quarters of residents already relocated. i don't know what's going to happen with me any day. if the police are going to knock on my door with the bailiff letter that i have to be out in a few days. and basically, christmas is coming right behind the corner. i can't even put the christmas decorations up. it's my son's birthday, literally a week after christmas. i can't even buy anything now, because i still have to keep the money for the removal. i have to buy new things in a new place, so it is terrifying. it's a lot of stress, to be honest. a

police. he had left sara's body alone at home in woking in surrey, and fled with his family to pakistan. ady inside the house. police. sarah was found with more than 70 external injuries and more than 25 fractures. it was the view of the pathologists who gave evidence here at the old bailey that she died as a result of complications from multiple and extensive injuries. she had been found limp and in a very pearly way, as you would expect with those injuries, on the 8th of august and then the chronology of events is that on the 9th of august last year, her father, that on the 9th of august last year, herfather, his wife, the that on the 9th of august last year, her father, his wife, the uncle and the rest of the family flew to pakistan. her body was found on the 10th of august after police received a call from pakistan and the three defendants returned to the uk from pakistan on the 13th of september and they were charged on the 15th of september. there is much more i can tell you in a moment about what has been happening in court this morning because two of the defendants were discharged

police. my daughter is dead! who's killed her daughter? it's me. he had left sara's body alone at home in woking in surreyunder covers in a bunk bed, they found sara's body. her father had left a note. it said, "it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating." the little girl had around 100 injuries, including broken bones, bruises, burns and bite marks. police discovered this cricket bat with sara's blood on it and a metal pole that her father hit her with as she lay dying. hours after sara was murdered, her family were at heathrow, heading for pakistan. but after a month on the run, sara's father, stepmother and uncle returned to the uk and were arrested. the body of sara sharif was discovered. you are therefore arrested for murder of sara sharif. during the trial, sara's father initially denied almost everything in the witness box before dramatically changing his evidence. today at the old bailey, urfan sharif and sara's stepmother, beinash batool, were found guilty of her murder. as sara's father was convicted of murdering his daughter, he stared straight ahead. sara's stepmother, beinash ba

surrey quays at about 3 pm. on friday, after reports that a woman had been stabbed. the metropolitan policeid the london ambulance service and london's air ambulance also attended, and the woman was taken to hospital, where she later died. a 61 year old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody . murder and remains in custody. football action now and there were wins for brentford, nottingham forest and bournemouth in the premier league today. meanwhile, crystal palace scored a last minute equaliser to draw one all at home to newcastle in the evening. kick off. arsenal thumped west ham five goals to two and england ladies ended usa's nine game winning streak with a goalless draw in a friendly at wembley . now to friendly at wembley. now to a story that a story that will sweeten your day. a woman has been awarded £2. a man has been awarded £2 in compensation after he complained about a smooth mars bar. harry seager, from buckinghamshire, picked up the chocolate treat at a service station in oxfordshire but contacted manufactures mars wrigley when he discovered it didn't h

surrey home and fled to pakistan. it was from there where sara's father called the police. your daughter has died.ch led police to the family home. upstairs, in a bunk bed covered in a blanket, they found sara's body. her father had left this note. it said, "it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating me. after a months on the run in pakistan, sara's father, stepmother and her uncle faisal malik returned to the uk and were arrested. they all gave no comment interviews to police. who did that to sarah? no comment. do you love sarah? no comment. did you care about her at all? no comment. a postmortem examination revealed that sara had around 100 injuries, including broken bones, bruising, burns and bite marks. during searches, police found this cricket bat with sarah's blood on it and this white metal pole, which sarah's father hit her with as she lay dying. during the trial, urfan sharif dramatically changed his evidence in the witness box. he ended up admitting to beating his daughter repeatedly and with force over a number of weeks. the murder of a child is absolutely shocking, but t

police discovered sara's body in a bunk bed at the family home in surrey in august last year. injuries. after sara died, her family abandoned her body. they fled to pakistan, from where the ten—year—old's father called police. your daughter has died? i killed my daughter. he also left this note by his daughter's body. it said, "it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating." after more than a month on the run, sara's father, stepmother and uncle faisal malik, came back to the uk and were arrested. they made no comment during police interviews. who did that to sara? no comment. do you love sara? no comment. did you care about her at all? no comment. the old bailey trial heard that sara had been subjected to horrific suffering for more than two years. she had dozens of old and new injuries, including fractures and refractures, burns, bruises, and bite marks. today, her father and stepmother will be sentenced for her murder. sara would help with the washing. judy lozeron lived next door to sara and herfamily in woking. i shall feel glad that they're going to get the pu

surrey home and fled to pakistan. it was from there where sara's father called the police. your daughter has died?t was that call which led police to the family home, where, upstairs, in a bunk bed, covered in a blanket, they found sara's body. her father had left this note. it said, "it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating." after a month on the run in pakistan, sara's father, stepmother and her uncle, faisal malik, returned to the uk and were arrested. they all gave no—comment interviews to police. who did that to sara? no comment. do you love sara? no comment. did you care about her at all? no comment. a postmortem examination revealed that sara had around 100 injuries, including broken bones, bruising, burns and bite marks. during searches, police found this cricket bat with sara's blood on it, and this white metal pole, which sara's father hit her with as she lay dying. during the trial, urfan sharif dramatically changed his evidence in the witness box. he ended up admitting to beating his daughter repeatedly and with force over a number of weeks. the murder of a child is abs

surrey quays at about 3 pm. on friday, after reports that a woman had been stabbed. the metropolitan police said the london ambulance services service and london's air ambulance also attended, and the woman was taken to hospital, where she later died. a 61 year old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody . a memorial service in custody. a memorial service has been held today for former first minister of scotland alex salmond. his wife of more than 40 years and supporters arranged a remembrance service for him on saint andrew's day. mr salmond died last month in north macedonia at the age of 69. he was at a conference when he suffered a heart attack and was buned suffered a heart attack and was buried in a private family ceremony near his home in aberdeenshire at the end of october. football action now and there were wins for brentford, nottingham forest and bournemouth in the premier league today. meanwhile, crystal palace scored a last minute equaliser to draw one all at home to newcastle. west ham versus arsenal is the evening kick off. now to a story that will swee