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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Pol Allingham

Bid to review ‘unduly lenient’ murder sentence for Sara Sharif’s father

Sara Sharif, 10, was found dead in a house in Woking in August 2023 (Surrey Police/PA) - (PA Media)

The Solicitor General has referred the murder sentence handed to Sara Sharif’s father to the Court of Appeal on the grounds that it was “unduly lenient.”

The 10-year-old suffered “unimaginable pain, misery and anxiety” as she was repeatedly beaten, burned, bitten and restrained at the family home in Woking, Surrey, a trial at the Old Bailey heard.

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