LONDON: Unsettling evidence of a history of abuse allegedly inflicted on the child by her father, stepmother, and uncle has surfaced during the current trial involving the murder of 10-year-old Sara Sharif.
The terrible conclusion of a campaign of abuse and neglect, according to the prosecution, was Sara’s death in Woking, Surrey, on August 8 of last year.
The jury heard information from a series of texts sent between 2020 and 2023 between Sara’s sister and her stepmother, Beinash Batool, during Thursday’s session.
According to reports, Batool blamed Sara’s “naughty behavior” for the penalties, even claiming that a supernatural entity was responsible for her disobedience and informing her sister that “she’s got a jinn in her.”
In a number of texts, Batool described her husband Urfan as having violent outbursts and related stories of him physically assaulting Sara, verbally threatening her, and making her sit up all night.
She said that Sara had ripped documents, concealed keys, and mangled his clothing—all of which she characterized as “rebellious” and symptomatic of her alleged “bad behavior.”
