The three defendants, from Woking, have denied murder and causing or allowing the death of a child between December 16 2022 and August 9 2023.

“In an upstairs bedroom, on a bottom bunk bed, the police found the body of a little girl, lying in bed, under the cover, as if asleep. But she was not asleep. She was dead. Her name was Sara Sharif, and she had been just ten years old when she was killed,” Mr Emlyn-Jones KC said.

Sara Sharif's father, Urfan Sharif, stepmother Beinash Batool and uncle Faisal Malik are all on trial for her murder.

A 10-year-old girl who allegedly died at the hands of her father, stepmother and uncle wore a hijab to hide facial injuries she received in the lead up to her death, a court has heard. Sara Sharif began wearing the religious headscarf in January 2023 - eight months before her body was found at her family's house in Woking,

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 father of 10-year-old Sara Sharif called police from Pakistan and admitted he killed her at her Surrey home, a court heard. Sara's father Urfan, 42, her stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and her uncle Faisal Malik,

Sara Sharif's father told police he had "beat her up too much" after fleeing to Pakistan following the 10-year-old's death, a court has heard. Jurors at the Old Bailey were told how the girl had suffered dozens of injuries including "probable human bite marks",

Three members of the same family are due to stand trial over the death of 10-year-old schoolgirl Sara Sharif. Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, her stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and her uncle Faisal Malik,