Neighbours of ten-year-old Sara Sharif heard “gut wrenching” screams and the sounds of smacking in the years before she was found dead, the Old Bailey has heard.

Ten-year-old Sara Sharif suffered injuries which were comparable to a person involved in a car crash, a court has heard. The girl's body, which was found in her family's home in Surrey last year, had signs of healing spinal fractures which had then been rebroken,

Sara’s father Urfan Sharif, stepmother Beinash Batool and uncle Faisal Malik are on trial at the Old Bailey accused of the 10-year-old’s murder.

A bone marrow disease found in Sara Sharif’s hands could have been caused by “starvation”, a court heard. Injuries to Sara’s wrist and neck bones were shown in court on the fourth day of the 10-year-old girl’s murder trial.