Safeguarding review to be launched into Sara Sharif death

A safeguarding review is set to be launched into the agencies involved with Sara Sharif’s family before her death.

The review will be carried out by the Surrey Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP) and will look at the actions of police, health, social care and education bodies.

Ten-year-old Sara was found dead in her family home in Woking on 10 August.

Derek Benson, chairman of the SSCP, said the process was “likely to take some time”.

He said: “This review will be independently led by the SSCP and is a statutory process that will bring together partners including the police, health, social care and education to review the practice of all agencies involved with the family and identify any learning.

“Findings may not be shared by the SSCP until the partnership is assured that doing so will not prejudice any future legal proceedings.”

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Sara’s father Urfan Sharif, stepmother Beinash Batool and uncle Faisal Malik appeared at the Old Bailey last month charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child.

All three were remanded in custody, with a provisional trial date set for 2 September 2024.

Police released new images of Sara last month in a renewed appeal for information.

The photos show Sara in the way investigators believe she may have been dressed in the months before she died.

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Last month’s hearing at the Old Bailey heard that Sara had suffered “a constellation of healed and healing injuries”.

These included a healed fracture to her collar bone, multiple rib fractures, bruising to her torso and limbs, and a brain haemorrhage.

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