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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Emily Pennink

Sara Sharif was punished because she had a ‘jinn in her’ – stepmother

Sara Sharif’s stepmother blamed the 10-year-old’s naughty behaviour for the beatings she received, even suggesting she had a “jinn in her”, a court has heard.

Beinash Batool, 30, Sara’s father Urfan Sharif, 42, and uncle Faisal Malik, 29, are accused of carrying out a campaign of abuse culminating in her murder on August 8 last year.

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