The 10-year-old was found dead at her home in Woking by police on 10 August following a 999 call made from Pakistan by a man identifying himself as Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif.
The taxi driver left a note by Sara’s fully-clothed body, saying: “I swear to God that my intention was not to kill her. But I lost it.”
Urfan Sharif, 42, Sara’s stepmother, Beinash Batool, 30, and her paternal uncle Faisal Malik, 28, are accused of carrying out a violent “campaign of abuse” before killing her on 8 August.
All three defendants have pleaded not guilty to murder and to causing or allowing the death of a child between 16 December 2022 and 9 August 2023.
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