Urfan Sharif, left, and Beinash Batool, right were jailed for life for Sara’s murder (Image: Surrey Police)
Sara Sharaf’s twisted received an “unduly lenient” sentence, which is now set to be reassessed, according to the Solicitor General.
Urfan Sharif, 43, was slapped with a life sentence for the brutal murder of his 10-year-old
Following a hearing at the Old Bailey last month, he was ordered to serve a minimum term of 40 years.
The court heard how Sara suffered a “campaign of torture” and unimaginable pain lasting two years before her body was found in the family’s Woking home, receiving a degree of cruelty that was almost “unimaginable”.
Now, her killer father’s sentence could be extended.
Sara Sharif’s was tortured for years before she eventually died from horrific injuries. (Image: Surrey Police)
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A spokesperson for the Attorney General’s Office said: “The Solicitor General Lucy Rigby MP has referred Urfan Sharif’s sentence to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
“It is now for the court to decide whether to increase the sentence.”
Faisal Malik, 29, Sara’s uncle, was sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment for causing or allowing her death.
Beinash Batool, 30, her stepmother, received a minimum of 33 years.
It is understood that Sharif, Batool, and Malik have all attempted to appeal against their sentences to the Court of Appeal.
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Sara Sharif suffered unimaginable pain and torture, prosecutors said. (Image: Surrey Police)
Sara suffered more than 25 broken bones, iron burns on her bottom, scalding marks to her feet and human bites during a campaign of abuse spanning at least two years.
Sharif had hit her with a cricket bat and iron bar, throttled her and thrown a mobile phone at her head.
Justice John Cavanagh said during sentencing at the Old Bailey: “Sara’s death was the culmination of years of neglect, frequent assaults and what can only be described as the torture of this small child.
Maria Neophytou, Acting CEO of the NSPCC, said it is vital not to forget Sara and what she was made to suffer.
She said a Child Safeguarding Practice Review must undertake an exhaustive search for answers so the public can understand how this horrific abuse was able to happen for so long.