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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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The judges in the Sara Sharif case have a right to protection – but not to anonymity

The court of appeal has ruled that Mr Justice Williams was mistaken in ordering that the three judges who allowed Sara Sharif to live with her father and stepmother should not be identified.

Sara, 10, was murdered by Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool, who were convicted last month in a trial that attracted a great deal of interest because of the horrific nature of the crime – and because of the evidence that several chances to protect the child had been missed.

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