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Urfan Sharif, 42, and Beinash Batool, 30, flew to Pakistan after killing Sara.

Sara Sharif’s father told jurors he "did not intend to kill" his daughter, despite admitting he repeatedly hit Sara over the head with a mobile phone in the run-up to her death.

A previous court hearing was told police found Sara Sharif's body under a blanket on a bunk bed at her home after receiving a call from Pakistan, which lasted eight minutes and 34 seconds, at 2.47am on August 10.

Sara Sharif's father, Urfan Sharif, stepmother Beinash Batool and her uncle Faisal Malik are accused of murder and appeared at the Old Bailey this morning where they pleaded not guilty

Sara Sharif was found dead at her family home in Woking, Surrey, on August 10, with her dad Urfan Sharif, his partner Beinash Batool and brother, Faisal Malik, fleeing to Pakistan the day before

Details of how the 10-year-old child was found by the emergency services given to the Guildford Magistrates Court today. Sara Sharif had to be identified via DNA

Sara Sharif's body was discovered at her family's home in Woking on August 10, the day after her dad, step-mum, and uncle had flown to Pakistan with her five siblings

The Crown Prosecution Service authorised charges against Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif, 41, Urfan’s partner, Beinash Batool, 29, and Urfan’s brother, Faisal Malik, 28, all of Hammond Road, Woking

Sara Sharif's dad Urfan Sharif, 41, and his partner Beinash Batool, 29, fled the UK for Pakistan prior to the discovery of the 10-year-old girl's body in Woking, Surrey, last month

Passengers looked on as officers boarded a flight believed to be carrying three members of Sara Sharif's family, who returned to the UK weeks after going abroad following the schoolgirl's death

Sara Sharif, 10, was found dead at her home in Woking after police were called on August 10 by her dad, Urfan Sharif, who is thought to have travelled to Islamabad on the previous day

A post-mortem of 10-year-old Sara Sharif's body - which was found alone at her family's home in Woking - showed "multiple and extensive injuries" that had been inflicted over a "sustained and extended" period of time

Sara Sharif, 10, was found dead at her home in Woking, Surrey a month ago and last week her step-mum Beinash Batool spoke and described her death as an 'incident'

The parents of a girl found dead at her home left the UK before alerting police to their daughter's death. Their lawyer claims a solicitor told them to leave the country over fears they would be mistreated for their faith.

Police in Jehulm, Pakistan, said 10 of Sara Sharif's family members have been detained for questioning as the hunt for the 10-year-old's dad, Urfan Sharif, and stepmum Beinash Batool continues

Body language expert Judi James believes Sara Sharif's father and step-mother were trying to play the victims in their video statement after describing the discovery of her body as 'an incident'

Olga Sharif said she had separated from her husband in 2015, and Sara and her older brother had been living with her until 2019 when the family court ruled they should live with their dad

Sara Sharif, 10, was found dead at her home near Woking after police were called from Pakistan by her dad, Urfan Sharif, who is thought to have travelled to Islamabad on August 9

Sara Sharif was found dead at her home in Woking, Surrey by police after a 999 call was placed in the early hours of August 10 from Pakistan by a man claiming to be her father

Urfan Sharif called Surrey Police after flying to Pakistan alerting them to his home in Woking last month where 10-year-old daughter Sara Sharif was tragically found dead

A cousin of Beinash Batool, Sara Sharif's stepmum, has urged her to hand herself in to the police in Pakistan, and told how she ran away to "secretly" marry Urfan Sharif

Pakistan police were reportedly told to start their search for Sara Sharif's family on August 15 after receiving a request from Interpol via the country's Federal Investigation Agency

Urfan Sharif, his partner Beinash Batool, and his brother Faisal Malik are understood to have flown to Islamabad the day before Sara was found dead at her home in Woking, Surrey, on August 10