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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Emine Sinmaz

Judge in Sara Sharif case warns of ‘dangers’ of automatic right to home school children

Sara Sharif, 10, playing a guitar.
Sara Sharif was found dead in a bunk bed at the family home in Surrey on 10 August 2023. Photograph: Surrey police/PA

A senior judge who jailed the killers of Sara Sharif has said the 10-year-old’s murder “starkly illustrates the dangers” of parents automatically being able to homeschool their children.

Sara had twice been pulled out of school by her father, Urfan Sharif, and stepmother, Beinash Batool, as a “ruse adopted for wholly selfish purposes” to cover up evidence of her repeated beatings.

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