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Behind Sara Sharif’s smile was a life of violence and torture

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Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool found guilty of murder of 10-year-old Sara Sharif .

Her body was covered in bruises, she had a traumatic head injury, bite marks and multiple broken bones.

She had been burned by a domestic iron and had been beaten, burned and bitten.

Sara was in foster care twice by the age of three and was surrounded by violence for all of her short life.

She was pictured smiling in photographs, yet at home she was being beaten and burned.

Surrey County Council’s children services became involved in Sara 's case.

Surrey Family Court ruled Sara should return to live with her father and her new stepmother, Beinash Batool , in October 2019 .

Neighbours described the family as a nightmare family’ in Guildford , Surrey .

Court heard how she was home-schooled at the start of the school year in June 2022 .

Concerns grew when she was taken out of school to be home schooled.

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68

Informative language

69

Neutral language

49

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

36

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likely offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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