Jurors were told that the fracture of the hyoid bone in her neck was likely to have occurred between six to 12 weeks before she was died

The father of 10-year-old Sara Sharif called police from Pakistan and admitted he killed her at her Surrey home, a court heard. Sara's father Urfan, 42, her stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and her uncle Faisal Malik,

Sara’s father Urfan Sharif, stepmother Beinash Batool and uncle Faisal Malik are on trial at the Old Bailey accused of the 10-year-old’s murder.

The 10-year-old’s injuries were consistent with ‘significant and repetitive blunt force trauma’ with an ‘instrument’, a court heard

A bone marrow disease found in Sara Sharif’s hands could have been caused by “starvation”, a court heard. Injuries to Sara’s wrist and neck bones were shown in court on the fourth day of the 10-year-old girl’s murder trial.