Dad of murdered Sara Sharif 'takes full responsibility' for death of 10-year-old daughter

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The father of murdered 10-year-old Sara Sharif has told jurors he "takes full responsibility' for her death.Taxi driver, Urfan Sharif, made the shock admission under cross-examination as his wife Beinash Batool, 30, sobbed in the dock of the Old Bailey on Wednesday, reports the Mirror.The 42-year-old previously sought to blame Batool for the murder of young Sara, but in a dramatic admission, told jurors: "I accept every single thing." Sara was discovered at the family home in Woking, Surrey, last August 10 after the defendants fled to Pakistan.

The youngster suffered dozens of injuries including human bite marks and iron burns, jurors have heard. Cross-examining for Batool, Caroline Carberry KC had asked Sharif about a note he left beside the body of his daughter before leaving for Pakistan.

In it, he wrote "love you Sara" on the first page followed by the words: "Whoever see this note it's me Urfan Sharif who killed my daughter by beating."Mrs Carberry questioned whether he did indeed kill his daughter by beating and Sharif replied: "Yes, she died because of me." The barrister said: "In the weeks before she died she suffered multiple fractures to her body, didn’t she, and it was you who inflicted those injuries?" The defendant replied: "Yes."Sharif accepted causing the injuries, bar burn and bite marks and added: "I take responsibility.

I take full responsibility." He also admitted to causing fractures to Sara by smacking her with a cricket bat or pole. Asked if he broke Sara's hyoid neck bone, he repeated: "I can take full responsibility.