“Our family is the best in town. We spread love all around the world.” Those were the words scribbled by 10-year-old Sara Sharif in her red notebook, suggesting that the schoolgirl enjoyed a happy childhood with her father and stepmother.
Yet other notes hinted at a strict regime of discipline and fear in their Woking household, with Sara writing a letter to her father to apologise for “answering back”, writing:“Please forgive me I am so, so sorry.”
