Father Confesses to Punishing Daughter Leading to Her Death
A father accused of murdering his daughter in a “campaign of abuse” told police that he “legally punished her and she died”, a court heard.
The court heard that the schoolgirl appeared to have been restrained by being tied to a heating pipe and burned with an iron.
The court heard that in the early hours of Aug 10 last year, an eight-and-a-half-minute long phone call was made by Mr Sharif to police in the UK.
Constellation of Injuries
The court heard that a post-mortem found evidence of “an awful constellation of injuries” including, puncture wounds, abrasions and extensive bruising “all over her body”.
The injuries were consistent with “significant and repetitive blunt force trauma” and the use of an “instrument or instruments”.
There was also evidence of a significant head injury inflicted more than 48 hours before her death.
Tied Up and Restrained
The court heard that following the Easter school holidays in 2023, Mr Sharif had informed Sara’s school by email that she was going to be homeschooled.
On the note left beside his daughter’s body, Sharif also wrote “my daughter is Muslim”, “can you bury her like [a] Muslim may be”.
The court heard that the “clearest evidence” of Sara’s exact time of death came from text messages, sent by one of her five siblings.
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