Mother says she barely recognised body of 10-year-old, who she said had swollen cheek and bruising
The father and stepmother of 10-year-old Sara Sharif have described her death as “an incident”, after her mother described how she barely recognised her daughter in the mortuary because she was so badly injured.
In a clip of the footage posted online by Sky, Batool showed no emotion as she described Sara’s death as “an incident” and said she and Sharif, 41, were willing to cooperate with UK authorities over the case.“Sara’s death was an incident. Our family in Pakistan are severely affected by all that is going on,” she said. She denied reports from one of Sharif’s brothers, who claimed Sara had fallen down the stairs and broken her neck.
Batool’s claims have not been verified and it is unclear under what conditions the footage was filmed. Surrey police have opened a murder investigation into the death of the schoolgirl, after her father called officers from Pakistan on 10 August and her body was found at a property in Hammond Road, Woking.
Sharif was able to see the children, but over time their stepmother told her not to come any more. She said Sara and her brother, now 13, did not want to see her.
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