Father takes responsibility for death of 10-year-old daughter

Sara Sharif’s father has accepted “full responsibility” for her death, a court has heard. Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, had denied murder after Sara’s body was found with dozens of injuries at the family’s home in Woking, Surrey, last year. Under cross-examination at the Old Bailey, Mr Sharif said: “She died because of me.” The court previously heard that Sara was

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The girl with sun-shaped earrings: A family remembers a murdered daughter | Women

This article is a collaboration between Kyrgyzstan-based media outlet Kloop and Al Jazeera and is based on reporting conducted between 2022 and 2024. Osh, Kyrgyzstan – When Mediyana Talantbekova was about 10 years old, she would watch over her family’s calves. One day, one of them went to graze in a field of clover, a plant that can cause deadly bloating, and died. Mediyana, who lived with her family in

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