Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother have been jailed for life for years of horrific “torture” and “despicable” abuse culminating in her murder. The 10-year-old suffered “unimaginable pain, misery and anxiety”
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A father who broke every bone in his newborn son’s skull when he smashed him up against a wall while suffering from undiagnosed schizophrenia has been given a hospital order.
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A mother who strangled her seven-year-old son to death has been handed an indefinite hospital order. Louis Linse was found dead in his bed at home in Upper Market Street
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Murdered Sara Sharif was less than a week old when concerns were raised about her care, newly-reportable details show, as the Prime Minister said questions must be answered about the
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Reporting of details from previous court proceedings concerning Sara Sharif and her family comes after efforts by several media organisations and journalists to be allowed to see and publish information
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The law must change so children who are suspected victims of abuse cannot be home educated, the Children’s Commissioner said as she called for urgent action following Sara Sharif’s brutal
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Concerns were raised about Sara Sharif’s care within a week of her birth in 2013, with her parents known to social services as early as 2010, it can now be
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More than 480 children in England died or were seriously harmed by abuse or neglect, a new report has revealed, a day after 10-year-old Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother were
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Three members of Sara Sharif’s family are facing jail over the 10-year-old’s death amid urgent calls to protect other children “failed” by the system. Her father, Urfan Sharif, 42, and
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A man who shook his partner’s toddler to death after staying up late playing computer games has been convicted of murdering the 22-month-old boy. Paula Roberts, 41, was suspicious enough
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