Sara Sharif’s father has accepted “full responsibility” for her death, a court has heard. Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, had denied murder after Sara’s body was found with dozens of injuries at the family’s home in Woking,

The father of Sara Sharif has told jurors he “takes full responsibility” for the death of his 10-year-old daughter.

Sara Sharif’s father has confessed to killing the 10-year-old but insisted he did not mean to “harm” her, even when he whacked her with a metal pole as she lay dying. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, had sought to blame Sara’s stepmother Beinash Batool,