A 10-year-old girl who allegedly died at the hands of her father, stepmother and uncle wore a hijab to hide facial injuries she received in the lead up to her death, a court has heard. Sara Sharif began wearing the religious headscarf in January 2023 - seven months before her body was found at her family's house in Woking, Surrey, jurors were told.

The father of 10-year-old Sara Sharif called police from Pakistan and admitted he killed her at her Surrey home, a court heard. Sara's father Urfan, 42, her stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and her uncle Faisal Malik,

A father accused of murdering his daughter in a “campaign of abuse” told police that he “legally punished her and she died”, a court heard.