The father and stepmother of Sara Sharif have been jailed for life for murdering the 10-year-old at the end of a “despicable” campaign of torture and abuse.Urfan Sharif, 43, and his wife Beinash Batool, 30, inflicted a catalogue of injuries on young Sara before she ultimately died at their hands, with her body being left alone at home to be found by police.
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00:00Afan Sharif, for the murder of Sara Sharif, I sentence you to imprisonment for life, taking
00:09account of all the relevant circumstances and the aggravating mitigating factors that
00:13I have set out.
00:15The minimum term will be 40 years.
00:18Benash Patel, for the murder of Sara Sharif, I sentence you to imprisonment for life, taking
00:25account of all the relevant circumstances and the aggravating and mitigating factors
00:29that I have set out.
00:31The minimum term will be 33 years, less the time that you have spent on remand.
00:36For the offence of causing or allowing the death of Sara Sharif, I sentence you to imprisonment
00:41for 16 years, less the time that you have served on remand.
00:45You will serve up to two thirds of your sentence in custody.
00:49You will serve the remainder on licence.
00:51You must keep the terms of your licence and commit no further offence or you will be liable
00:56to be recalled and you may then serve the rest of your sentence in custody.
01:00You may take them down.