Three members of the same family are due to stand trial over the death of 10-year-old schoolgirl Sara Sharif.Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, her stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and her uncle Faisal Malik,

Neighbours of ten-year-old Sara Sharif heard “gut wrenching” screams and the sounds of smacking in the years before she was found dead, the Old Bailey has heard.

The police officer who discovered Sara Sharif’s body has given evidence at the Old Bailey as he described the moment he pulled back the white sheet covering her. The 10-year-old girl was allegedly murdered after enduring weeks of violence by her father Urfan Sharif,

But the prosecution alleged Batool, 30, minicab driver Sharif, 42, and his brother Faisal Malik, 29, all played a part in Sara’s death after being hooded, restrained, burned, bitten and hit with a belt buckle and pole.