olice have issued new images of Sara Sharif as a part of an enchantment to “construct an image” of her life within the weeks earlier than she was discovered lifeless at her house in Woking.
The ten-year-old’s father Urfan Sharif, stepmother Beinash Batool and uncle Faisal Malikhave been charged together with her homicide on September 15.
Here’s a timeline of the occasions within the case to this point:
– August 9
Sara’s father Urfan Sharif, 41, his companion Beinash Batool, 29, and Urfan Sharif’s brother, Faisal Malik, 28, journey to Islamabad, Pakistan, with 5 kids aged between one and 13 years previous.
– August 10
Officers from Surrey Police are known as from Pakistan by Mr Sharif at about 2.50am to a semi-detached property on Hammond Street in Woking, Surrey, the place Sara is discovered lifeless. A homicide investigation is launched.
– August 15
A autopsy examination is unable to determine the reason for Sara’s dying and additional checks are carried out, however the examination exhibits the kid had suffered “a number of and in depth” accidents which had been more likely to have been precipitated over a “sustained and prolonged” time frame.
– August 18
Surrey Police say they wish to converse to Urfan Sharif, Beinash Batool and Faisal Malik in relation to the investigation, with a seek for them underneath method.
– August 19
The Related Press information company studies that Pakistani police within the jap province of Punjab are looking for to arrest Mr Sharif in reference to Sara’s dying, together with his household house believed to be within the metropolis of Jhelum.
Officer Imran Ahmed mentioned police discovered proof that he had briefly returned to Jhelum, earlier than leaving and disappearing.
– August 20
Surrey County Council confirms to the PA information company Sara was recognized to the native authority. The seek for her father continues.
– August 24
Rawalpindi area police chief Khurram Ali says the power is “near finding” Mr Sharif, Ms Batool and Mr Malik, after that they had interrogated Mr Sharif’s father, brother and uncle.
Police within the UK problem a recent enchantment for data within the case.
– August 27
Chatting with the Sunday Occasions, Sara’s grandfather Muhammad Sharif, 68, urges the three people handy themselves in to police.
– August 29
An inquest into Sara’s dying is opened at Surrey Coroner’s Court docket and hears the exact explanation for her dying is “not but ascertained”, however is more likely to be “unnatural”.
– September 6
In footage despatched to broadcasters together with the BBC and Sky, Ms Batool, accompanied by Mr Sharif, speaks publicly for the primary time since Sara’s dying and describes it as “an incident”, saying they’re “keen to co-operate with the UK authorities and battle our case in court docket”.
– September 9
A police spokesman in Jhelum says Mr Sharif and Ms Batool are in hiding and 10 shut kin have been taken into custody for questioning, together with Sara’s grandfather Muhammad Sharif.
– September 11
The BBC studies that 5 kids have been taken from the house of Muhammad Sharif, with dozens of cops raiding the property in Jhelum.
Eyewitness accounts say officers broke CCTV cameras on the property, stopped site visitors and prevented passers-by from filming. The youngsters had been later returned.
The whereabouts of Urfan Sharif, Ms Batool and Mr Malik are nonetheless unknown.
– September 12
A court docket guidelines that the 5 kids might be despatched quickly to a authorities childcare facility in Pakistan.
Within the UK, Surrey Police say they’re working to safe the secure return of the siblings from Pakistan.
– September 13
Urfan Sharif, Beinash Batool and Faisal Malik land within the UK at Gatwick Airport on an Emirates flight from Sialkot, Pakistan, by way of Dubai, and are arrested on suspicion of homicide instantly after leaving the aircraft.
Sialkot police spokesman Khan Mudassir mentioned the three people had been handed over to the Pakistani Federal Investigation Company.
– September 15
Simply after midnight, Surrey Police problem a press release saying the Crown Prosecution Service has authorised the trio to be charged with Sara’s homicide.
They’re additionally charged with inflicting or permitting the dying of a kid and seem at Guildford Magistrates Court docket later that day, the place they’re remanded into custody.
Urfan Sharif, Beinash Batool and Faisal Malik seem on the Outdated Bailey by way of video-link, the place they’re instructed they’re ordered to face trial in September 2024.
– September 22
Surrey Police problem new photos of Sara, which they are saying depict her the way in which she might have dressed within the months previous to her dying.
Detectives launch the pictures as a part of an enchantment for brand new data from the general public, in an effort to “construct an image” of the ultimate weeks of her life.
