Sara Sharif, aged 10, was found dead in a bunk bed at her home in Woking last year and a murder trial has heard how she was hooded and beaten over a period of more than two years

“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's body was discovered at her home in Woking. Her father, Urfan Sharif, stepmother Beinash Batool and uncle Faisal Malik are accused of her murder.

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,

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 police officer who discovered Sara Sharif’s body has given evidence at the Old Bailey as he described the moment he pulled back the white sheet covering her. The 10-year-old girl was allegedly murdered after enduring weeks of violence by her father Urfan Sharif,

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,