Sara Sharif case

[MrsJones83]

From sky news:

Father's note left under Sara Sharif's pillow admitting he killed her 'by beating' pictured

Sara's father Urfan Sharif, 42, is on trial at the Old Bailey alongside her stepmother, Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 28. They deny murder and causing or allowing the death of a child.

news.sky.com

 

[InTheDollsHouse]

This is horrific.

She was being tortured. This was targeted, deliberate and cruel violence.
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I can’t imagine the evidence the jury are having to look at.

 

[Shak]

This keeps getting worse, sounds like they were suffocating her?!

 

[InTheDollsHouse]

This keeps getting worse, sounds like they were suffocating her?!

That’s what I thought. And/or isolating her with no light and with difficulty breathing.

His finger prints on them so he can’t claim not to have been involved now.

 

[ThisIsMyDragName]

Christ. I don’t think I could serve on that jury. Especially when there is zero aftercare for jurors.

 

[owen2110]

TW

Made to wear a nappy by the sounds of it that poor girl. My brain cannot comprehend how anyone could do this to a child.

 

[MrsJones83]

This is like nothing I’ve ever ever heard before, that poor girl.

It’s beginning to sound like everyone turned a blind eye, the neighbours thought about reporting it but decided against it. I wonder what her old school are now thinking.

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.

 

[Popcornshovel]

Absolutely shocking. Were there other children in the house and was she targeted in particular? Maybe for being a girl?

Shocking that other adults didn't intervene and also sad that neighbours didn't report what they heard.

 

[Gossngiggles]

Just joining this thread after reading about the court case. The updates are truly shocking. That poor little girl, the neighbour lived above them in 2020 and heard all that then it sounds like the abuse had been ongoing for years.

 

[InTheDollsHouse]

Every single thing that’s shared from the trial, I read in disbelief.

I say to myself that it cannot possibly get worse.

And then it does.

 

[moldwarp]

This is starting to sound like Sylvia Likens level of torture (please do NOT look up if you are sensitive); she was also singled out amongst other children in the household.

Horrific horrific stuff, honestly MONSTERS did this not human beings. Please please may karma do to them what they meted out to that poor little girl

 

[InTheDollsHouse]

Absolutely shocking. Were there other children in the house and was she targeted in particular? Maybe for being a girl?

Shocking that other adults didn't intervene and also sad that neighbours didn't report what they heard.

Yes, there were five other children ages 1 - 15 at the time.

One, the oldest, is a boy who is Sara’s full sibling. Then there are 4 whose parents are the father Urfan Sharif and (Sara’s step-)mother Beinash Batool.

US’s brother also lived with them.
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They won’t be safe in prison. Especially her if she’s with mothers who have been separated from their own children.

It’s going to be a tiny drop of the confinement forced on Sara.

 

[Itchy of Itchington]

So the hijab was to cover her injuries. It seemed very pulled forward in the school picture compared to most of the hijabis I work with or the women and girls I see in my town (high Pakistani Muslim population) and I wondered if it was worn like that all the time or if it had just become loosened at school and fallen forward. Then I read all the other things and I just don't think I have enough tears.


Strangely the thing that really upsets me is the bins. My daughter is 10 and she's would struggle so much to move a wheelie bin as they are so tall and with 3 adults and 5 kids would have been so full. The mental image of a little girl struggling every week to do it (not one of the two bleeping men in the house) makes me think her life was just so bleak for so long.

The plastic bag hood reminds me of the Wests who did something similar. And they all joined in or allowed it to happen. I hope they rot in prison for the rest of their

 

[InTheDollsHouse]

The police have done so well identifying weapons that were used, to match injuries. This sort of evidence with fingerprints may be key.

I wonder if she was told to wear the nappy or if she put it on herself because she wasn’t allowed to the toilet.

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This from BBC implicates the father.

 

[Gossngiggles]

I thought the nappy could have been because she lost control of her bladder/bowels due to her injuries. It sounds like a house of horrors with all these things you might find in any home being used as weapons,

I wonder what will be said by the school and local education authority. They saw bruising, was this followed up as per their safeguarding guidelines. Did they follow the correct guidance when she was deregistered from school? Did the LEA contact the family, what happened there? if SS had been involved previously was it flagged to them?

 

[yessenia_d]

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The police have done so well identifying weapons that were used, to match injuries. This sort of evidence with fingerprints may be key.

I wonder if she was told to wear the nappy or if she put it on herself because she wasn’t allowed to the toilet.

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This from BBC implicates the father.
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I imagine Sara must have been wearing the nappy due to the pain she must have been in and the stepmother/father/uncle/etc. not wanting to assist her to go to the toilet. Just easier to leave her in a nappy. All those injuries must have made even basic day to day existing excruciatingly painful.

 

[Gossngiggles]

I do also feel for the police officers who found her. It sounds like it must have been terrible scene. I don’t think any training could prepare you for something like that.

 

[Ilovemusic]

This is like nothing I’ve ever ever heard before, that poor girl.

It’s beginning to sound like everyone turned a blind eye, the neighbours thought about reporting it but decided against it. I wonder what her old school are now thinking.

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.

"Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility."

Too many think..."Don't get involved", "It's none of our business", "We don't want any trouble".

I worked in child education for many years, we were all trained in child protection and I have personally reported a neighbour for mistreatment of their child, no hesitation. Did the teacher/school staff not raise any concerns? If they didn't then shame on them, it's scandalous. Someone as well as others have made monumental failings along the line.

 

[InTheDollsHouse]

"Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility."

Too many think..."Don't get involved", "It's none of our business", "We don't want any trouble".

I worked in child education for many years, we were all trained in child protection and I have personally reported a neighbour for mistreatment of their child, no hesitation. Did the teacher/school staff not raise any concerns? If they didn't then shame on them, it's scandalous. Someone as well as others have made monumental failings along the line.

This was reiterated to me by police after I made a report. They would rather it was reported and found to be nothing. They don’t see it as time wasting if there’s any concern at all.

 

[LittleMy]

God, this is just horrific. That poor little girl

I don’t understand how neighbours could hear all of that and decide against reporting it. I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I knew or even suspected something bad was going on and I just turned a blind eye to it.