{"id":295492,"date":"2025-11-13T15:04:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/review-finds-failures-before-sara-sharifs-murder\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:04:53","slug":"review-finds-failures-before-sara-sharifs-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/review-finds-failures-before-sara-sharifs-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Review finds failures before Sara Sharif&#8217;s murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/f8cTgQfM3Go\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Review finds failures before Sara Sharif's murder\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f8cTgQfM3Go\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A new independent review into the death of 10-year-old Sara Sharif has said that her murder by her father and stepmother came about after a series of safeguarding failures.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>The report concludes that while a \u201cgreat deal of information\u201d was available to the police, social services and education authorities, even safeguarding professionals appeared to have been \u201cgroomed and manipulated\u201d by her killer father, Urfan Sharif.<\/p>\n<p>Sara, who was found dead at the family home in Woking, Surrey, in August 2023, suffered what was described as \u201chorrific abuse\u201d at the hands of Sharif and her stepmother, Beinash Batool.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new independent review into the death of 10-year-old Sara Sharif has said that her murder by her father and stepmother came about after a series of safeguarding failures. 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