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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Pennink

Stepmother and uncle decline to give evidence in Sara Sharif murder trial

The 10-year-old’s body was found in a bunk bed at the family home in Woking, Surrey, in August last year (Surrey Police/PA) - (PA Media)

Sara Sharif’s stepmother and uncle have declined to give evidence in their trial for the 10-year-old’s murder.

Over two weeks in the witness box, Sara’s father Urfan Sharif, 42, had blamed his wife Beinash Batool for his daughter’s death before taking “full responsibility” for it on the seventh day.

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