The Father, Stepmother And Uncle Of Sara Sharif Arrested

[naomi24]

The father, stepmother and uncle of Sara Sharif, 10, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after returning to the UK from Pakistan.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66804350

Now they're all in custody hopefully this poor little girl's murderers will receive the justice due to them.  Dreadful case.

(You'll probably have to copy and paste links until the blips in the new system are ironed out).

[bobbinwales]

I have a feeling that there may be a lot of legal moves to say that it won't be a fair trial and /or lots of challenges over jury selection

[jourdain2]

Barry 07.37 is correct.  Girls just do disappear 'on holiday' to Pakistan.  We hear later, through other children, that they are married.

I met this situation more than one.  The last was a flippertigibbet of a child of 14 - ended up marrying a relative whose wife had died and living out in the sticks in Pakistan. She had no idea she was even going.

[jourdain2]

^^^  'once', sorry.

 

[barry1010]

It is equally possible that the father had no plans to force her in to an arranged marriage.