Under cross-examination on Wednesday, Mr Sharif unexpectedly said: “She died because of me.”
Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, had denied murder after Sara’s body was found with dozens of injuries at the family’s home in Woking, Surrey, last year.The court previously heard that Sara wasJurors were previously told Mr Sharif's case was that Ms Batool was responsible for Sara's death, and he made a false confession in a phone call and also in a note to protect his wife.
But on Wednesday, as the court day was getting under way, Mr Sharif unexpectedly said: “I admit what I said in my phone call and my written note. Every single word.” In response to questioning from Ms Batool’s barrister Caroline Carberry KC, Mr Sharif suddenly said: “I want to say something”.“On the night of 6 August, you badly beat Sara?”, Carberry KC added.Mr Sharif also told the court that he caused fractures to Sara and used a cricket bat and a metal pole.A post-mortem examination found Sara had suffered dozens of injuries including "probable human bite marks", an iron burn and scalding from hot water before she died on 8 August 2023.
Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC previously said a bloodstained cricket bat, a rolling pin with Sara’s DNA on it, a metal pole, a belt and rope were found near the family’s outhouse. Mr Sharif, Ms Batool and Urfan's brother Mr Malik all previously denied charges of murder and causing or allowing the death of a child.
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