The father of Sara Sharif has described her stepmother as “an evil psycho” and denied that he or his brother would have “bit[ten] his daughter like an animal”.

Sara Sharif’s ‘evil and psycho’ stepmother was caught red-handed after tying up the ‘terrified’ 10-year-old with packaging tape at home, a court has heard. Beinash Batool, 30, Sara’s father Urfan Sharif,

A father accused of murdering Sara Sharif has said the 10-year-old’s stepmother is a “psycho” and “evil”, a jury has heard. Sara's body was found with dozens of injuries in a bunkbed at the family home in Woking, Surrey, in August last year. Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, have denied murder.