Sara Sharif’s father has told jurors he “takes full responsibility” for the death of his 10-year-old daughter.
Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, made the admission under cross-examination as his wife Beinash Batool, 30, sobbed in the dock of the Old Bailey on Wednesday.
Previously, Sharif had sought to blame Batool for killing his daughter but in a dramatic admission, told jurors: “I accept every single thing.”
Sara was found dead at the family home in Woking, Surrey, last August 10 after the defendants fled to Pakistan.
The 10-year-old suffered dozens of injuries including human bite marks and iron burns, jurors have heard.
Sharif, Batool, and Sara’s uncle Faisal Malik, 29, formerly of Hammond Road, Woking, deny Sara’s murder and causing or allowing her death.
