Sara Sharif’s dad and stepmum who fled country after daughter ‘murdered’ return

Beinash Batool and Urfan Sharif (Image: Surrey Police) The dad and stepmum who fled the country after the death of their 10-year-old daughter are finally flying back to Britain today. The father of Sara Sharif, Urfan Sharif, and his partner, Beinash Batool, have been in Pakistan for a month after travelling to Islamabad on August 9 with five other children, the day before their other daughter was found dead. The body of Sara, their eldest daughter, was found a day later in the family’s Woking home. She had suffered ‘multiple and extensive injuries’ over a ‘sustained and extended’ period of time. Her father alerted police from Pakistan where the family launched a legal bid to prevent extradition, claiming their freedom of movement and travel have been infringed. In the mistake-littered petition, they claimed to have been ‘victimised’ by the police and ‘deprived’ of personal liberties. It was argued that Pakistani police had no basis to detain them as they haven’t committed any offences in Pakistan and there is no extradition treaty with Britain. The family’s lawyer Malik Asif Taufeeq Awan demanded the court intervene to ‘protect and to save the entire family member including Urfan Sharif as well as her (sic) wife Benish Batool from the illegal iron hands of respondent authorities’. Sharif, 41, and Batool, 29, surrendered to police and are flying back into the country today (September 13), due at Gatwick just before 8pm. They will then be questioned by the Surrey Police officers investigating Sara’s murder. The case had been due to be heard next week before the couple decided to hand themselves. We’ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story. For the latest news and breaking news visit: /news Follow our social media accounts here on facebook.com/DailyExpress and @daily_express