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Ten-year-old Sara Sharif suffered accidents which had been similar to an individual concerned in a automotive crash, a courtroom has heard.
The lady’s physique, which was present in her household’s house in Surrey final 12 months, had indicators of therapeutic spinal fractures which had then been rebroken, the Outdated Bailey was informed.
Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, have denied homicide.
Jurors beforehand heard the lady had been hooded, burned, bitten and crushed throughout greater than two years of abuse.
Giving proof, paediatric radiologist Prof Owen Arthurs informed the courtroom that spinal fractures had been “very uncommon” and normally attributable to excessive influence or excessive pace trauma, similar to highway site visitors incidents.
He additionally informed jurors that Sara’s neck accidents had been “extraordinarily uncommon”.
“The most definitely trigger is guide strangulation with a level of pressure, which we’d principally recognise in hanging,” he informed the courtroom.
The courtroom beforehand heard that Sara had suffered puncture wounds, burns, bruising and abrasions, and a autopsy examination discovered Sara had “possible human chunk marks”, an iron burn and scalding from scorching water.
Prosecutor Invoice Emlyn Jones KC beforehand mentioned a bloodstained cricket bat, a rolling pin with Sara’s DNA on it, a steel pole, a belt and cord had been discovered close to the household’s outhouse.
The courtroom additionally beforehand heard Mr Sharif, Ms Batool and Mr Malik travelled to Islamabad, Pakistan, with Sara’s 5 brothers and sisters on 9 August 2023, the day earlier than her physique was discovered.
Prosecutors mentioned Mr Sharif known as police from Pakistan and admitted he killed Sara about an hour after his household’s flight had landed in Islamabad.
Jurors had been informed Mr Sharif’s case was that Ms Batool was chargeable for Sara’s loss of life, and he made a false confession on the cellphone name and likewise in a observe to guard his spouse.
The three defendants, who lived with Sara in Woking earlier than her loss of life, are additionally charged with inflicting or permitting the loss of life of a kid, which they deny.
