Sara Sharif’s stepmother gave a “no comment” reply when asked by police whether she loved or cared at all about the 10-year-old, according to chilling newly released footage.

Sara Sharif’s mother has called her ex-partner a “monster”, after he was found guilty of murdering their 10-year-old daughter by beating her to death. Urfan Sharif, 42, had used a metal pole and a cricket bat to repeatedly inflict violence upon the schoolgirl,

Dad and stepmother guilty of murder of ten-year-old Sara Sharif.

Sara’s father Urfan Sharif, 42, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty of her murder and her uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, was convicted of causing or allowing her death after a jury at the Old Bailey deliberated for nine hours and 46 minutes.

As the verdict is delivered, the heart-wrenching story of Sara Sharif emerges, a tale of innocence shattered by those meant to protect her, leaving a nation in shock.

The father and stepmother of 10-year-old Sara Sharif has been found guilty of her murder. Sara was hooded, burned and beaten during more than two years of abuse before her body was found with dozens of injuries at the family's home in Woking,

Sara Sharif. We all know the name. We all recognise her face. We all know what inhuman violence was meted out to this little 10-year-old girl – more or less.

Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother have been found guilty of her murder, after inflicting a campaign of abuse which saw the schoolgirl being hooded, restrained and beaten during her short life. The 10-year-old died after suffering a catalogue of 70 injuries which included a traumatic brain injury,