Sara Sharif

I think I read a while back her mother is Polish, I don't know the reason why the father got custody. Her mother understandably is devastated.

The school saw bruises. Neighbours heard screaming. Didn't anyone alert the authorities?

Sarnia

Another example of cultural beliefs. According to her father she was beaten regularly because she misbehaved. Men from these backgrounds do not see their womenfolk as equal or value them at all. We see it time and again in honour killings. The family standing and respect in their own community is paramount and anyone who is a threat to that must be dealt with. Although a young girl he may have thought she was going to cause him problems in the future so was trying to beat it out of her and as he says he went too far. Girls and women from these cultures and entrenched beliefs have a long and arduous road ahead of them to ever reach a point of equality and respect from their men. I hope they lock the 3 of them up and throw away the key.

I really don’t think this is as much of a contributor as you think or there would be far fewer babies and children killed horrifically by white English people. Tbh it crosses all cultures and the only solution is for those who witness abuse must do so immediately to social services or the police.
Too many feel awkward about doing this.

Correction - those who witness abuse must report this immediately to social services or the police.

Ive just accidentally seen today's headlines regarding this case. I wish I hadn't. I would advise you to avoid it.

Today's evidence is absolutely horrific. That poor child, how she must have suffered. Those responsible - all of them - should never see the light of day again.

A 10-year-old girl subjected to “brutal abuse” by her father and step-mother before being found dead was forced to wear a hijab to school to hide her bruises, a court has heard.

The system regarding school attendance is broken. I only recently retired from working with schools who had only one attendance office for hundreds of children.

There are various reasons why this child was not monitored by the school:

One, the cuts to education and local authorities means that the staffing levels for attendance officers are too low.
Ditto for social workers.

Two, post covid attendance has dropped dramatically, also more parents take their children on holiday in term time and this is becoming far more normalised, where before it was unusual. So often it takes a few weeks before the monitoring system kicks in.

Three- the growing trend in home schooling needs legislation. There is no monitoring other than an annual tick box exercise. I worked in a large authority where there was ONE person responsible for monitoring home schooled children. How could she do that job on her own?

Cases like this, sadly, will always occur but as usual there will be a case review and recommendations made which will involve more over-worked staff ticking boxes.

We are all responsible for reporting vulnerable children, but social workers are too thin on the ground to do their jobs properly.

All due to austerity cuts I'm afraid. this child was seriously let down, like so many others we don't get to hear about until it's too late.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

A 10-year-old girl subjected to “brutal abuse” by her father and step-mother before being found dead was forced to wear a hijab to school to hide her bruises, a court has heard.

This is common to all abusers of whatever culture - forcing the victim to conceal and lie, cover up, with threats.

joannapiano

Apparently she hadn’t been to school in 4 months. Why was this not followed up? According to the news report tonight, she had 5 siblings living within the house.

She was removed for home schooling. Her old s hook cannot follow up on that. There are no effective systems for monitoring home schooled kids!

Then it should NOT be allowed, unless properly monitored.

Again, neighbours heard, and knew- but did nothing. For fear of being called 'busy-bodies'.

Fleurpepper

Then it should NOT be allowed, unless properly monitored.

Again, neighbours heard, and knew- but did nothing. For fear of being called 'busy-bodies'.

That did shock me, after the terrible screams they heard.

And this has happened again and again, with so many other cases just as tragic.

Don't want to get involved. Don't want to be called busybody.

Wyllow3

FriedGreenTomatoes2

A 10-year-old girl subjected to “brutal abuse” by her father and step-mother before being found dead was forced to wear a hijab to school to hide her bruises, a court has heard.

This is common to all abusers of whatever culture - forcing the victim to conceal and lie, cover up, with threats.

Most cultures don’t make kids cover their faces though, unlike this poor little girl.

It is unfortunately happening in all cultures there have been so many cases lately of children and babies being beaten and tortured and many have been white with Uk families, and bruises and injuries have been hidden without hijabs
I am pleased the Pakistani government allowed them to be sent back here for trial and I hope they get life and I also hope they get beaten up inside the prison their lives over and they are scared for themselves

BlueBelle

It is unfortunately happening in all cultures there have been so many cases lately of children and babies being beaten and tortured and many have been white with Uk families, and bruises and injuries have been hidden without hijabs
I am pleased the Pakistani government allowed them to be sent back here for trial and I hope they get life and I also hope they get beaten up inside the prison their lives over and they are scared for themselves

If there is karma which am afraid there usually isn’t, the perps should suffer in prison in the same way that poor little girl suffered.

It must be harrowing to be sitting on that jury.

Heartbreaking .
I cried when I read about Sara .
I feel that she was let down by the system .
And her father thinks that he legally punished her .
Now he's going to be legally punished .

Now he's going to be legally punished .

But not where near as harshly ☹

Allowance - I wonder how long the prison sentence will be .

Not long enough .

In some American States he'd get the death penalty .

Sorry Allira -I've called you allowance !

Little girls in UK state schools should not be allowed to wear hijabs in school.

I was astonished to see the video of the police searching the family home; the interior was decorated and furnished in pale colours, appeared immaculate, not at all the sort of home that had housed five young children and three violent adults who had apparently left in a hurry to flee the country. As chilling as the details of the consistent abuse inflicted. it passes belief.

Lisaangel10

Little girls in UK state schools should not be allowed to wear hijabs in school.

I agree.
I don't think it's allowed in France, as are all religious symbols.

pieinthesky

There is no other word for this than appalling. It must be brought home that behaviour that may be acceptable in other countries is certainly not acceptable here. The school should have followed up the child’s absence and years ago this would have been chased up by the Education Welfare Officer appointed to the school by the local Education dept. Over the last 10 years or so I believe that schools have to fund their own Attendance Officer who seems often to be a member of the staff doing this on an Ad Hoc basis.It is quite possible then that her absence was not followed up or excused by assuming the family had gone to visit family abroad. Also when children are dressed in so called modest dress with arms and legs covered and do not changed for PE marks on their body can’t be noticed. They all three adults deserve life sentences meaning they stay in prison until they die. Even that is too good for them.

I totally agree with you but I know it won’t be the case, in fact I’d be surprised if they got ten years apiece and then they’d be out early for good behaviour.
It seems easy for parents to say they’re home schooling a child (and have it accepted easily) if the family are non British, so scared are authorities of being labelled racist.A total disgrace that this girl was never checked up on.