How could we have let Sara down so badly?

Isabella Jonas Wheildon - a two tear old, beaten over a period of time, until she died. Her mother and boyfriend pushed the dead infant around in her push chair for 3 days. There were traces of cocaine and cannabis in her hair/blood.
The news papers show a photograph of her not long before she died, with a very badly bruised face - still smiling.
The two adults were drinking alcohol etc and seen laughing as they pushed the dead child around
Absolutely heart breaking

Yes, that’s the little girl. Poor little poppet. It’s just beyond my understanding and the understanding of all our Gransnetters I think.

It is hard to believe isn’t it, what two adults, including the mother of this defenceless dependent infant subjected her to.

I am listening to the judge summing up, on GBnews.

Bl**dy monsters

I have been listening to the summing up of the judge, too
horrific to continue listening

I am listening. No words.

Me too. Just horrific. So many nasty injuries.
Then dad ‘ran away to Pakistani because he was scared’. Good.
How did he think Sara felt?
Selfish bastard.

The father minimum 40 years

Step mother minimum 33 years

Uncle 19 years

Her father, Urfan Sharif, 43, must spend a minimum of 40 years in prison and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, must serve 33 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4glrqkw751t

And in the aftermath, if I have to hear someone say 'lessons must be learned', I think I'll scream!

One question I asked has been answered; Sara was buried in Poland by her mother.

Quote MissInterpreted Tue 17-Dec-24 13:07:32
Her father, Urfan Sharif, 43, must spend a minimum of 40 years in prison and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, must serve 33 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4glrqkw751t

And in the aftermath, if I have to hear someone say 'lessons must be learned', I think I'll scream!

Think I will join you

On April 17, the first day back after the Easter holidays, Sharif emailed the school informing them he would be homeschooling Sara from then on.

It is understood teachers at the school contacted the social services safeguarding team and were told that if they had concerns, they should make a referral. This did not happen.

Despite the move coming just a month after the initial social services referral, no one from the council or the school visited the family home in person.

Less than four months later, Sara was dead.

You’ll notice from photographs too that the family home was within a shared HOUSE and the neighbours heard every scream.

And the WhatsApp message from Batool’s sister beggars belief:
The comment "why won't Sara learn" shows that culturally this kind of behaviour (beatings by the father) could be understood and maybe abuse against women is normalised?

I’ll shut up now.
It’s too horrible. And more heads should roll.
In my opinion.

Proposed legislation going through just now, that home schooling should not be allowed 'automatically' to families at risk.

Abuse was taking place before Sara was removed from school

Then dad ‘ran away to Pakistani because he was scared’. Good.

I hope he spends every day of the rest of his miserable life scared witless that someone might be out to get him.
Or in solitary.

And that step-person. Not fit to use the name mother.

Uncle should have got a lot longer but perhaps that's the maximum that creature can be given under the law.

They may be incarcerated with criminals but the majority of them have a code of conduct and any crime concerning a child will not be tolerated. I hope this cruel trio spend every second of their sentences looking over their shoulder in fear and trepidation of what the other inmates may do to them.

Anniebach

The father minimum 40 years

Step mother minimum 33 years

Uncle 19 years

Uncle 19 years

Uncle just 16 years.
That is the maximum sentence for allowing the death of a child.

Sarnia

They may be incarcerated with criminals but the majority of them have a code of conduct and any crime concerning a child will not be tolerated. I hope this cruel trio spend every second of their sentences looking over their shoulder in fear and trepidation of what the other inmates may do to them.

Unfortunately, prison staff have a duty of care even to prisoners like that.

FriedGreenTomatoes, I share your horror at the behaviour of these 3 adults. I agree cultural differences in the value placed on girls may be an issue but, I’ve heard ‘why won’t x ever learn’ from white British as well as parents from many cultures. The idea you can batter, whip and terrify chikdren into doing your will is not confined to Muslims of Pakistani origin.

What this child suffered is almost impossible to believe. Over 100 injuries found at the post Mortem.
I wonder if Mr Sharrif’s father will accept the judgement and guilty finding

The judge spoke of the step mother affected by culture from her own family . There were times she tried to tend to Sara injuries, times when she inflicted injuries,

RIP Sara

I only heard part of the judgement Anniebach. It’s clear from what I heard that this child’s suffering was even worse than we know so far.