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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Emine Sinmaz

Judges who presided over Sara Sharif hearings to be named after appeal

Sara Sharif
Sara Sharif was murdered by her father and stepmother in August 2023, less than four years after being placed in their care. Photograph: Surrey police/PA Media

Three judges who oversaw family court proceedings related to the care of Sara Sharif can be named next week, the court of appeal has ruled.

Mr Justice Williams said in December that the media could not name the judges who oversaw family court proceedings relating to the 10-year-old schoolgirl over concerns of a “real risk” of harm to them from a “virtual lynch mob”.

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