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The conviction of Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool, the father and stepmother of 10-year-old Sara Sharif, for her murder is making headlines. The couple subjected Sara to “horrific suffering” before her body was found at the family’s home in Surrey last year, according to police. The Daily Express points out that Sara was “killed by the very adults who should have loved and protected her”. The Daily Mirror states that Sara had a “cheerful little soul”, whose smile hid the horrors she endured, and that she died after “two years of sickening abuse”. Sharif’s brother, Faisal Malik, was also found guilty of causing or allowing a child’s death. The three will be sentenced next week.
The Daily Mail reports that the courts, police, social services, and teachers missed at least 15 opportunities to prevent Sara’s death. Sharif and Batool now face a possible “lifetime behind bars”. The Times states that Sara was “plunged into a life of misery and violence” from the moment she was born despite being the subject of a child protection plan since birth. Workers observed issues with her development as early as 2013.
Children’s Commissioner Rachel de Souza believes Sara was “failed in the starkest terms by the safety net of services around her”. An independent safeguarding review will take place to see what could have been done differently and to assess “profound weaknesses” within the system, says the i.
In other news, the Daily Telegraph says the government has been accused of wanting to “bulldoze the Home Counties” as part of its major overhaul of planning rules. The paper reports that changes to be put forward by housing secretary Angela Rayner will permit new estates to be built on the green belt around major cities. The Financial Times reports that Qatar’s $500bn sovereign wealth fund is seeking to invest “aggressively” overseas ahead of a windfall from the sale of oil. The Daily Star runs an alarming headline suggesting that the use of chatbots and AI could turn humans into “zombies with no memories
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