Father of 10-Year-Old Girl Found Dead in UK Called Police From Pakistan to Say He Killed Her

LONDON—The father of a 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England fled to Pakistan and called U.K. police from there to say he had killed her, a jury heard Monday. Urfan Sharif, 42, is on trial at London’s Central Criminal Court accused of Sara Sharif’s murder alongside his partner, Beinash Batool, and brother, Faisal Malik. Opening the trial, prosecutor William Emlyn Jones said all three defendants had played a part in a “campaign of abuse” against Sara in the weeks leading to her death. Police found Sara’s body under a blanket in a bunk bed at her home in Woking, southwest of London, on Aug. 10, 2023, with dozens of injuries including extensive bruising, burns and fractures. A post-mortem examination concluded she died of unnatural causes....