The father and stepmother of Sara Sharif have been jailed for life with minimum for 40 years, and for life with a minimum 33 years, respectively, for murdering the 10-year-old girl after years of horrific abuse.

Faisal Malik, her uncle, has been sentenced for minimum term for 16 years, for causing or allowing the death of a child.

Delivering his sentencing remarks, Justice Cavanagh said the young girl's death was a “culmination of years of neglect”, “frequent assault” and “torture”.

Addressing the defendants in the dock, he said what happened to the 10-year-old was “almost inconceivable” and that none of them had shown “a shred of remorse”.

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The judge added: “It is no exaggeration to describe the campaign of abuse against Sara as torture.”.

The schoolgirl died in her home on August 8, 2023, in Woking Surrey. Her body was found two days later in a bunk bed, covered in at least 71 external injuries including bruises, burns, and bite marks.

Urfan Sharif, 43 and Beinash Batool, 30 were found guilty of murdering their daughter Sara last week at The Old Bailey

Sara’s uncle Faisal Malik, 29 was not found guilty of murder but has been found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child.

At the start of the sentencing hearing at The Old Bailey, prosecutor William Emlyn-Jones KC read out a statement on behalf of Sara’s mother Olga Domin.

It read: “You are sadists although even this word is not enough for you. I would say you are executioners. As a result of Sara’s death, I am under constant psychological supervision and I am also taking strong sedatives.”

Domin said that "Sara was always smiling" and "had her own unique character".

Her mother says she was only able to give Sara the "beautiful Catholic funeral she deserves".

Sara's father Urfan Sharif, his partner Beinash Batool and his brother Faisal Malik

"She is now an angel who looks down from us from heaven. She is no longer experiencing violence," she said.

The young girl endured two years of a “campaign of abuse”, which saw her father subject her to brutal violence, throttling her and beating her with a cricket bat and metal pole, and even binding her hands and legs with parcel tape at times.

Sara was forced to wear makeshift hoods during attacks, and Sharif encouraged another child to hit her “like a punchbag” as if it were a game.

His partner Batool, 30, would often call Sharif back from work when his daughter was “being naughty”, knowing he would beat her.

The schoolgirl died in her home in WokingSURREY POLICE

In the final months of her life, Sara was forced to wear a hijab to hide her injuries from the “appalling” violence she was subjected to by her family members.

Jurors had previously been told that it was “unusual” that Sara was the only person in her extended family to wear a hijab, which the prosecution alleged was worn to conceal the wounds to her face and head.

Following her death, the three fled to Pakistan and became the focus of an international manhunt, before they eventually returned to the UK in September last year. They were arrested minutes after their plan touched down at Gatwick airport.

Her mother, Olga Domin, remembered her daughter as an “angelic” child, saying: “She was always laughing, smiling.”

“She loved all the kids. She was always helping, and making videos. She was an amazing child.”