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Coroner orders Surrey council to disclose over 24,000 documents in Sara Sharif inquest

The 10-year-old Sara Sharif was found dead at her home in Woking, Surrey in August 2023

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Men charged with attempted murder of Sara Sharif’s father

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Pair charged with attempted murder after Sara Sharif’s father attacked in Belmarsh Prison

Two men have been charged with attempted murder after the father of murdered schoolgirl Sara Sharif was attacked in prison.

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Two inmates charged with attempted murder after Sara Sharif’s father attacked

The Crown Prosecution Service said Steven Sansom and Adam Watson are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on August 26.

Evening Standard

Baby Preston Davey’s death at hands of adoptive father slammed as ‘failure of the state’

Children’s Commissioner says a safeguarding review must find out if Preston’s murder ‘could have been prevented’

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EHRC guidance dubbed ‘misogynist’s charter’ as trans people ‘could be banned from single-sex spaces based on looks’

Places such as hospital wards, gyms and leisure centres will reportedly be able to question transgender women over whether they should be using single-sex services based on how they look, their behaviour or concerns raised by others

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Sara Sharif Death: Shocking New Evidence Emerges in Woking Girl's Case

New safeguarding review reveals systemic failures in Sara Sharif's tragic death, exposing missed opportunities to protect the Woking schoolgirl.

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Review into safeguarding failures ‘shows Sara Sharif’s murder was preventable’

Despite a ‘great deal of information’ available to various authorities during her lifetime, Sara ‘was not protected from abuse and torture’.

Evening Standard

Children’s services should come before Parliament over Sara Sharif failings – MP

Surrey County Council has apologised after a safeguarding review found a series of missed opportunities to protect the 10-year-old.

Evening Standard

Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother ‘should never have been trusted’ with her care, damning review finds

Urfan Sharif’s history of domestic abuse was ‘overlooked and underestimated’ by all professionals who came into contact with the family

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Sara Sharif: Devastating failings that led to murder of 10-year-old girl exposed

Authorities missed numerous opportunities to save Sara Sharif’s life, a damning review has found

Evening Standard

Murdered Sara Sharif failed by system that missed opportunities to save her

The 10-year-old was found dead at her Surrey home in August 2023 after suffering ‘horrific abuse’ at the hands of her father and stepmother.

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Council staff visited wrong address day before Sara Sharif’s murder, review finds

Education secretary says report highlights ‘glaring failures and missed opportunities’ by various agencies

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Smacking ban urged amid growing belief child physical punishment ‘unacceptable’

According to the Children Act 2004, it is unlawful to hit your child, except where it is ‘reasonable punishment’, and this is judged case-by-case.

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Government urged to enforce a total ban on smacking of children

Psychiatrists say decades of research show the ‘detrimental effects of physical punishment’

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Call to end postcode lottery in children’s social care after Sara Sharif tragedy

A Liberal Democrat peer has tabled amendments that aim to give a ‘basic level of protection’ to every child.

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Children’s commissioners call for a complete ban on smacking

‘Let this be Sara’s legacy,’ England’s child commissioner says

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‘Let UK-wide smacking ban be murdered 10-year-old Sara Sharif’s legacy’

Smacking is illegal in Wales and Scotland but there remains a legal defence in England and Northern Ireland.

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Whole-life order for Sara Sharif’s father rejected by court of appeal

Lady Carr, the lady chief justice, also rejects bid from Urfan Sharif, his wife and brother to challenge their sentences

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Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother lose sentence appeal bids

Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool were found guilty of Sara Sharif’s murder.

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Father and stepmother who murdered 10-year-old schoolgirl Sara Sharif lose bid to reduce prison sentences

Court of Appeal also rules that Urfan Sharif will not have to serve a whole-life order

Evening Standard

Schoolgirl Elianne Andam's killer jailed for life for 'evil, monstrous' murder in teddy bear row

Hassan Sentamu murdered Elianne Andam outside the Whitgift Shopping Centre in Croydon

Evening Standard

Murdered schoolgirl Sara Sharif's father and stepmother lose appeal bid for shorter sentences

Sara Sharif’s father Urfan Sharif should be locked up for the rest of his life, judges have been told.

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Sara Sharif’s father should have received whole life order, Court of Appeal told

Urfan Sharif was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 40 years for his daughter’s murder.

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Sara Sharif murder sentence appeal bids to be heard

Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool were jailed for life for murder with minimum terms of 40 years and 33 years.

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