Father of 10-year-old UK lady Sara Sharif amongst 3 charged along with her homicide

LONDON — The daddy, stepmother and uncle of a 10-year-old lady discovered {dead} in her U.Ok. house appeared in court docket on homicide costs Friday after being arrested and deported from Pakistan after an in depth police search.

Sara Sharif was discovered {dead} with in depth accidents at her house in Woking, 20 miles (32 kilometers) southwest of London, on Aug. 10. Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif, 41; his associate Beinash Batool, 29; and his 28-year-old brother, Faisal Malik are charged with homicide and inflicting or permitting the demise of a kid. They appeared for a short listening to at Guildford Magistrates’ Court docket close to Woking, talking solely to substantiate their names, dates of delivery and addresses.

They weren’t requested to enter pleas, however their legal professionals mentioned they deny the costs. They have been ordered detained till their subsequent court docket listening to on Tuesday.

The three suspects had traveled to Islamabad, the Pakistani capital together with 5 kids, a day earlier than police found the lady’s physique.

Prosecutor Amanda Burrows instructed the court docket that police went to the household house in Woking after receiving a name from Pakistan on Aug. 10. Officers discovered the 10-year-old {dead} in a mattress underneath a blanket. An post-mortem didn’t set up a reason for demise, however the prosecutor mentioned it confirmed Sara had healed fractures and different accidents indicating “a number of occasions of violence.”

Pakistani police started a search and detained 10 relations of Urfan Sharif, together with his father, brothers and cousins, for interrogation in an try to stress the couple to give up.

The three suspects have been arrested by police in Pakistan on Wednesday and placed on a flight to Gatwick Airport, the place they have been arrested.

The lady’s 5 siblings, ranging in age from 1 to 13, have been recovered by Pakistani police on Monday night from Urfan Sharif’s household house in central Pakistan. A court docket ordered the kids to be positioned within the custody of the Baby Safety Bureau in Rawalpindi metropolis, near Islamabad.