The court said that Sara Sharif suffered multiple fractures in 25 parts of her body

Sara Sharif suffered 25 unexplained fractures to various parts of her body bodyThe court heard this, alongside an “extremely rare” neck injury that a radiologist had not seen in a child before.

A. A skeletal scan revealed ten fractures to his spine, also to his right collarbone, left and right shoulder blades, spine, ribs, elbow, and hands.

Professor Owen Arthurs, who examined the 10-year-old boy’s body, concluded that they were most likely caused by “multiple attacks of blunt force trauma administered over several weeks”.

The female student had previously told the jury More than 70 people were injured before he was found dead At his home in Woking, Surrey, on August 10 last year.

including this possible human bite marks, scalds from hot water, burns from household iron, as well as skeletal injuries and bleeding in the brain.

His father Urfan Sharif (42), stepmother Beinash Batool (30) and uncle Faisal Malik (29) are accused of murder and are currently on trial at the Courthouse. Old Bailey.

On Friday, consultant pediatric radiologist Professor Arthurs told jurors: “My opinion of most of the fractures in this case … was that they were very unusual and could not be explained by an accidental mechanism or explained as any kind of high impact trauma event.” .”

When questioned by the prosecution about a specific fracture to Sara’s hyoid bone, a U-shaped bone at the top of her neck, she said it was “extremely rare” to see such an injury.

He added: “I have never seen a hyoid fracture in a child, even in children where we have a very good history of ligamentous strangulation (suspension).

“The most likely situation here is manual strangulation with a degree of force above what we would commonly recognize in ligature strangulation (meaning hanging).”

Of the fractures to his spine, Prof Arthurs said such injuries usually result from road traffic accidents or a fall from a height, and are likely caused by “high-speed impact or polytrauma”.

He said there was no evidence that he suffered from any underlying bone abnormalities or any disease.

“In my opinion, the most likely explanation for the injuries, including location, pattern, severity, manner of healing, and some fractures, are multiple attacks of blunt force trauma administered over several weeks.”

It is estimated that many of these different fractures occurred in the weeks leading up to his death; The hyoid bone is believed to have been broken six to 12 weeks before August 8.

Earlier in the trial, jurors heard the pathologist who performed an autopsy on Sara’s body gave the girl’s cause of death as “complications resulting from multiple injuries and negligence.”

Sara was discovered by police after her father called Surrey Police in the early hours of the morning. Pakistan Saying that he “beat her too much”.

It is alleged that Sara died two days ago and the defendants booked a flight out of the country within hours of her death.

A. A note allegedly belonging to Şerif was also found next to his pillow. The article read: “I am Urfan Şerif, who beat and killed my daughter.

“I swear to God I didn’t mean to kill him. But I lost it.”

Police searched the family home and found traces of the schoolgirl’s blood on the kitchen floor, a vacuum cleaner and a cricket bat, as well as “homemade hoods” used to restrain her, the prosecution said.

All three defendants, of Hammond Road, Woking, denied murder and causing or permitting the death of a child between December 16, 2022 and August 9, 2023.

The trial continues.