Surrey PoliceA lady accused of killing 10-year-old Sara Sharif had instructed her sister the lady was an “harmless soul” who wanted love, a courtroom heard.
Sara’s stepmother, Beinash Batool, additionally mentioned Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif, had crushed up his daughter as she had been “naughty”, jurors on the Outdated Bailey had been instructed.
She despatched the Whatsapp messages in 2022 – months earlier than Sara’s physique was discovered with dozens of accidents at her household dwelling in Woking on 10 August final yr.
Ms Batool, 30, Mr Sharif, 42, and Sara’s uncle Faisal Malik, 29, have denied homicide.
Jurors beforehand heard Sara had been hooded, burned, bitten and crushed throughout greater than two years of abuse.
They had been additionally beforehand instructed by the prosecution that the accuracy of messages despatched by Ms Batool to her sisters over plenty of years was in dispute, as they solely mirrored what she was selecting to inform them.
Ms Batool despatched photographs of Sara’s accidents to her sister Qandeela Saboohi, however then deleted them from the message stream, the courtroom heard.
Surrey PoliceThe recovered photographs confirmed a number of accidents to Sara.
In Might 2021 Ms Batool instructed her sister that she needed to report Urfan for beating “the crap out of Sara”.
Ms Batool mentioned: “She’s lined in bruises, actually … black”, including “poor lady can’t stroll, she actually fainted within the kitchen within the morning” and “he made her do sit ups all night time”.
She added: “She’s lined in bruises, actually … black”, including “poor lady can’t stroll, she actually fainted within the kitchen within the morning” and “he made her do sit ups all night time”.
In a single alternate in February 2022, Ms Batool messaged one other sister, Amima Shahid, to say that Mr Sharif was beating Sara up at dwelling.
Ms Batool went on to say that “[if] one thing occurs to Sara I won’t be able to forgive myself”.
CPSIn 24 November, 2022, Ms Batool messaged Ms Shahid saying that she was “too pressured to speak” and that she and Mr Sharif had separated.
Ms Batool mentioned Mr Sharif was going to Pakistan the next day, including: “He went loopy in the present day”, and that he had taken cash and a passport.
Six months earlier than Sara died, Ms Shahid messaged Ms Batool to ask how Sara was.
“I really feel so sorry for her,” the aunt mentioned.
Ms Batool replied: “She’s advantageous, I defined to her like I do each night time.”
She added in different messages: “There’s one thing that’s not proper along with her like mentally; She must get assist; She’s an harmless soul man who wants love.”
On 11 August, the day after Sara’s physique was discovered, Sara’s aunt blocked Ms Batool’s quantity.
The courtroom was additionally proven footage of the three accused family members at Heathrow airport as they left the UK for Pakistan, the day earlier than Sara’s physique was discovered.
The trial continues.
