Sara Sharif's father has told a court he did not beat the 10-year-old girl, claiming his wife was "very, very, crazy" and accusing her of abuse. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, his wife Beinash Batool and brother Faisal Malik are on trial at the Old Bailey ...

The 10-year-old’s father Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle Faisal Malik, 29, deny her murder.

A father accused of killing his 10-year-old daughter tried to save her and begged for an ambulance, only to be told to “leave it, she’s dead”, a court has heard.Sara Sharif’s body was found with dozens of injuries at the family’s home in Woking,

Sara Sharif’s stepmother is “the true villain”, her father has claimed as he denied being responsible for the 10 year-old’s death.Urfan Sharif wept in the dock as he insisted he had never beaten, burned or bitten his daughter,

Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, his wife Beinash Batool, 30, and brother Faisal Malik, 29, are on trial at the Old Bailey accused of Sara’s murder on August 8 last year. Giving evidence on Wednesday, Sharif said: “Everything happened at home while I was at work.

Sara Sharif’s father revealed he “cursed” himself for fleeing to Pakistan and abandoning his 10-year-old daughter’s body at home “like an orphan”. Urfan Sharif, 42, is on trial at the Old Bailey alongside Sara’s stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle Faisal Malik, 29, accused of her murder.