Sara's father Urfan Sharif, 43, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were jailed for life for her murder in Woking in 2023. At a ruling on Friday, the Court of Appeal ruled that the three unnamed ...

HHJ Alison Raeside presided over the majority of hearings, including a final one in 2019 when she decided the little girl should live with Urfan Sharif and step-mum Beinash Batool. She said at the ...

Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif, and stepmother, Beinash Batool, were jailed for life for her murder in December, with minimum terms of 40 years and 33 years, while her uncle, Faisal Malik, was jailed for ...

Her stepmother, Beinash Batool, was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 33 years before she can be considered for parole. The BBC understands that Batool's sentence will not be sent ...

Last month, Urfan Sharif and Sara's stepmother, Beinash Batool, were given life imprisonment for inflicting years of cruel abuse and "horrific torture" that led to the death of the 10-year-old girl.

In 2019 the family court decided Sara should live with dad Urfan and stepmum Beinash Batool. Months later they began torturing her before she was killed in August 2023. Sharif and Batool were ...

Three judges that oversaw Sara Sharif’s family court cases before she was murdered by her father and stepmother can be named in seven days, a court has ruled. The Court of Appeal has accepted an ...

Sara, 10, was murdered by Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool, who were convicted last month in a trial that attracted a great deal of interest because of the horrific nature of the crime – and ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Urfan Sharif, 42, and Beinash Batool, 30, were subsequently jailed for life for her murder last month, with minimum terms of 40 years and 33 ...

Urfan Sharif, 42, and Beinash Batool, 30, were jailed for life for her murder last month, with minimum terms of 40 years and 33 years respectively. Sara’s uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, who was found ...

The landmark shift in transparency in family courts comes at a pivotal moment: the same week that the identities of judges responsible for the historic decisions for Sara Sherif have been revealed. As ...