Sara Sharif’s stepmother gave a “no comment” reply when asked by police whether she loved or cared at all about the 10-year-old, according to chilling newly released footage.

Sara Sharif’s mother has called her ex-partner a “monster”, after he was found guilty of murdering their 10-year-old daughter by beating her to death. Urfan Sharif, 42, had used a metal pole and a cricket bat to repeatedly inflict violence upon the schoolgirl,

Sara’s father Urfan Sharif, 42, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty of her murder and her uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, was convicted of causing or allowing her death after a jury at the Old Bailey deliberated for nine hours and 46 minutes.

The father and stepmother of Sara Sharif, a 10-year-old girl who was found dead in her home in Britain, were on Wednesday convicted of her murder after a trial which heard harrowing details of her treatment before her killing.

As the verdict is delivered, the heart-wrenching story of Sara Sharif emerges, a tale of innocence shattered by those meant to protect her, leaving a nation in shock.