This court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook shows Sara Sharif's father Urfan Sharif, right, and her uncle Faisal Malik appearing via video-link, from Belmarsh prison, at the Old Bailey in London, Dec. 14, 2023 as three members of her family have pleaded not guilty to her murder. Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP
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.