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By Brigitte Dusseau London (AFP) – A UK court will Tuesday hand down its sentences on the father and stepmother of a British-Pakistani girl, who died from prolonged and horrific abuse in a case which shocked the UK. Sara Sharif was just 10 when she was found dead in her bed in August 2023, her body covered in bites and bruises, with broken bones and burn marks. A post-mortem revealed she had more than 100 injuries, and at least 25 broken bones. Her father Urfan Sharif, 43, admitted beating her with a cricket bat, as she was bound by packaging tape in the weeks before her death. He also throttl…
