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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Pennink

Sara Sharif’s father confesses to killing, even whacking her as she lay dying

Sara Sharif died aged 10 (Surrey Police/PA) - (PA Media)

Sara Sharif’s father has confessed to killing the 10-year-old but insisted he did not mean to “harm” her, even when he whacked her with a metal pole as she lay dying.

Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, had sought to blame Sara’s stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, for a catalogue of injuries, claiming he was out at work when his daughter was being abused.

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