Ten-year-old Sara Sharif likely experienced "daily pain and suffering" over several weeks before her death, a court heard. Injuries she suffered before her body was found at her family home in August last year were "noticeable" and "obvious", expert witness Niall Martin told the Old Bailey.

Neighbours have told a jury at the Old Bailey of the noises they heard at the family home of Sara Sharif in Woking before her death

Sara Sharif’s teacher twice saw her at school with bruises on her face five months before she was found dead, a jury has heard. Helen Simmons told the Old Bailey that Sara said she “had fallen over on some roller-skates" after she saw her injuries in March 2023.

A neighbour of Sara Sharif told a court how she heard a girl scream "in pain" two days before the 10-year-old was found dead. The schoolgirl's body was discovered in a bunk bed at her home in Woking, Surrey, on August 8 last year.

A neighbour of Sara Sharif has said she never once saw the ten-year-old child smile in the months before she was killed. Judith Lozeron, who lived next door to the family from April 2023 until the time of Sara’s death,

Sara’s body was found in a bunk bed at her home in Woking, after Sharif alerted police having fled with the family to Pakistan. The jury heard “probable human bites” on Sara’s left forearm and inner left leg were identified by a dental expert, and Sharif and Malik had been excluded as the possible biters.