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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Emine Sinmaz

Sara Sharif homeschooled and made to wear hijab to conceal injuries, court told

Sara Sharif
Sara Sharif was withdrawn from school in April 2023 after teachers questioned her about bruises. Photograph: Surrey Police/AFP/Getty Images

The 10-year-old schoolgirl Sara Sharif was made to wear a hijab to conceal her injuries and was homeschooled in the months before she was beaten to death, a court has heard.

Sara “suffered dreadfully” and was burned with an iron, bitten and had a plastic bag taped over head before she was found dead at her family home in Woking, Surrey on 10 August last year.

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