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Sara Sharif murder: ‘sadist’ father and stepmother jailed for life

Urfan Sharif, 43, and Beinash Batool, 30, sentenced for killing 10-year-old who was found dead in Surrey home

The Guardian - UK

Sara Sharif ‘was doing her best to be a child’ – while suffering years of abuse

‘Heartbreaking’ video showed 10-year-old dancing with visible injuries two days before her father murdered her

The Guardian - UK

‘Formidable case’ made against Sara Sharif murder accused

Urfan Sharif, 42, Beinash Batool, 30, and Faisal Malik, 29, are on trial at the Old Bailey over the 10-year-old’s death at the family home in Surrey.

Evening Standard

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Sara Sharif's father 'trying to get away with murder' after admitting beating daughter to death, court hears

Urfan Sharif admitted violence towards his daughter but still denies murder

Evening Standard

Sara Sharif’s father denies her body was jetwashed in garden as family prepared to flee

Urfan Sharif and two others are accused of being party to years-long abuse that culminated in the 10-year-old’s death last August

Evening Standard

‘Inhuman’ violence dished out to Sara Sharif became ‘normalised’ by adults in her home, court told

Urfan Sharif accepted he was a ‘coward’ and admitted beating his daughter after she vomited or soiled herself

The Independent UK

‘Inhuman’ violence against Sara Sharif ‘normalised’ by defendants, jurors told

Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, his wife Beinash Batool, 30, and brother Faisal Malik, 29, are accused of being party to years of abuse.

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How did this happen to Sara Sharif? What we know about the events leading to schoolgirl’s death

Father Urfan Sharif, stepmother Beinash Batool and uncle Faisal Malik deny 10-year-old’s murder

The Independent UK

‘Gut-wrenching screams’ and note that read ‘I lost it’: Sara Sharif jury told of campaign of abuse

Police discovered the schoolgirl’s blood on a cricket bat and bruises on her body matched a metal pole found in an outhouse, the court heard

The Independent UK

Sara Sharif homeschooled and made to wear hijab to conceal injuries, court told

The 10-year-old was found beaten to death in her home in Woking in August last year

The Guardian - UK

Sara Sharif's father confessed to killing 10-year-old in 'punishment beating', court hears

Sara Sharif, 10, was beaten to death and left alone as her family fled to Pakistan

Evening Standard

Murder near Sherlock Holmes’ fictional home solved after 30 years thanks to footprint clue

Sandip Patel was convicted of murder after his DNA was matched to a hair on the victim’s ring and he was linked by a bloody footprint in her flat.

Evening Standard

Alleged murder victim ‘said he deserved to be punished in video confession’

The court was told Sheikh’s case was that the prosecution are wrong and Mr McKeever left the house alive.

The Independent UK

Man offering 'VIP' smuggling service had 39 dead people in back of lorry

Marius Mihai Draghici was jailed for 12 years and seven months after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of 39 people

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People smuggler jailed for manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants

Marius Mihai Draghici, 50, fled the country and was detained by police in Romania last August

Daily Mirror

People smuggler jailed for killing 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in back of lorry

Marius Mihai Draghici fled the UK, was eventually detained by police in Romania last August and today was sentenced for the manslaughters of the Vietnamese nationals found dead in Essex

Wales Online

'Right-hand man' jailed for manslaughter of 39 people who died in lorry trailer

The judge told him he was an 'essential cog' in the conspiracy

Evening Standard

Man put in psychiatric hospital after killing partner and her father he believed had turned into ‘replicas’

A 54-year-old man has been committed indefinitely to a psychiatric hospital for killing his partner and her father in a knife attack after believing that they had turned into "replicas".

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The Independent UK

Man who killed partner and her father believed they were ‘replicas’, court hears

Achilleas Costa was committed indefinitely to a psychiatric hospital for stabbing Fernanda Assis, 31, and Joanilson Souza De Assis, 61, to death.

The Independent UK

Mentally ill woman decapitated her brother, court told

Heaven Belal, 41, had moved to London from Plymouth to be near her older sibling Omar Bilal in February 2021.

Birmingham Post

Cornish superyacht maintenance business opens US office

Falmouth-based Lizard Yacht Service has continued its international expansion after setting up a base on the Spanish island of Mallorca last year

The Independent UK

Killer son who stabbed his ‘abusive’ father 30 times in fatal attack is jailed

Sean Maurice, 31, plunged a knife 30 times into the back and chest of his father Paul Maurice, 52

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