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Sara Sharif: Could the 10-year-old’s death have been prevented?
Evening Standard
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12/12/2024
Sara Sharif: Could the 10-year-old’s death have been prevented?
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Sara Sharif was just 10 years old when she was murdered by her own father and stepmother
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after enduring a campaign of horrendous abuse. She had multiple broken bones, bite marks and
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burn marks on her body and there was evidence that she had been tied up for long periods.
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Now Irfan Sharif and Benash Batool will spend decades in prison for the murder.
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Attention shifts to whether the authorities on 15 separate occasions could have stepped in
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to save Sara's life. Sara was placed under a child protection plan when she was first born
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because Irfan Sharif already faced allegations of violence towards three separate women and he
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was also suspected of hitting and biting children. In May 2013 when Sara was just a few months old
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there were reports of violent abuse within the household. The following year Sara was
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taken temporarily into foster care but she was then returned to her father. In 2015 Sharif was
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reported to have waved a knife around in the house and he faced allegations that he hit and
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kicked his then wife. In 2022 a bruise was spotted on Sara by a teacher who reported it to Batool
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but what happened next was a request for Sara to be removed from the school. Social services
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initiated an investigation but that was shut down after just six days and in April 2023 Sharif told
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the school that Sara would now be home-schooled. She was never seen again outside of the family
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home and died in August 2023. A criminal trial has now found that the people responsible for
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looking after Sara were actually cruel, sadistic and responsible for her murder.
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Inquiries will now look at whether anyone could or should have stepped in to avoid the tragedy.
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