LONDON — The daddy, stepmother and uncle of a 10-year-old lady discovered lifeless in her U.Okay. dwelling pleaded not responsible on Thursday to homicide expenses.
Sara Sharif’s physique was found below a blanket in a bunk mattress at her dwelling in southern England on Aug. 10. Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif, 41; his companion Beinash Batool, 29; and his brother, 28-year-old Faisal Malik, are charged with homicide and inflicting or permitting the loss of life of a kid.
The three suspects, who’re remanded in a jail, appeared by video hyperlink on Thursday at London’s Central Prison Court docket to disclaim the fees forward of a trial scheduled for September 2024.
The trio had left the U.Okay. for Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, a day earlier than police found the lady’s physique in Woking, 20 miles (32 kilometers) southwest of London.
Police in Pakistan discovered the three defendants after an intensive search and put them on a flight to the U.Okay. on Sept. 13. They had been arrested upon arriving at London’s Gatwick Airport.
Prosecutors have stated that the 10-year-old lady was discovered with intensive accidents and healed fractures that indicated “a number of occasions of violence.”
In addition they stated that police discovered the physique after receiving a name from Pakistan.