Sara Sharif’s closing resting place revealed: Tragic 10-year-old is buried in Polish village a thousand miles from Surrey residence the place she was murdered by her father and his accomplice

The final resting place of Sara Sherif has been revealed after the 10-year-old was buried in a Polish village a thousand miles from the home where she was murdered in Surrey.

The schoolgirl was found dead in Woking in August last year with at least 71 external injuries including bruises, burns and bite marks on her body. 

Her taxi driver father Urfan Sharif, 43, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty of her murder, with Urfan receiving 40 years in prison in December while Beinash received 33 years.

Now, she has finally been laid to rest at her funeral surrounded by fresh bouquets of flowers in a beautiful cemetery, with her surname bearing the name of her mother, Olga Domin.

Sara was described as being a ‘cheerful little soul’ who loved singing and dancing and one day had dreams of appearing on the X Factor, the Times reported. 

During a ten-week trial at the Old Bailey, it emerged authorities had failed to identify Sara was at risk for years before her broken and battered body was discovered.

Sara was taken out of school in April 2023, and the violence against her intensified in the weeks before her death.

England’s Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, has described it as ‘madness’ that an at-risk child could be taken out of school, and called for a change in the law so children who are suspected victims of abuse cannot be home educated.

The final resting place of Sara Sherif has been revealed after the 10-year-old was buried in a Polish village 

Urfan Sharif, 42, was jailed at the Old Bailey in December

Sara Sharif’s stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, pictured, was arrested at Gatwick Airport

Following the verdicts, the Department for Education said it is ‘already taking action to make sure no child falls through the cracks’.

A spokesperson added: ‘This includes overhauling children’s social care and bringing in greater safeguards for children in home education so this can never be used to conceal abuse.’ 

Earlier this week the judge who handed custody of Sara Sharif to her father before he beat the 10-year-old to death was named in a landmark victory for open justice.

The judge is a renowned lawyer who has championed the right of judges to be able to work from home, including for court hearings, because she believes commuting is a ‘complete waste of time’.

Judge Alison Raeside was the first sitting judge in the UK to take maternity leave.

The 66-year-old is married to a fellow circuit judge and has four children, all of whom have entered the legal profession.

Ms Domin previously told Polish TV channel Uwaga of Sara’s father’s abuse: ‘Once, he tried to set me on fire, poured oil on me, but his cousin stopped him. He simply locked me in a room. Locked me in all day until the police arrived.’

Social services were called repeatedly after children suffered unexplained bruises, bite marks, scratches and burns, but Sharif managed to hoodwink them playing on his wife’s vulnerability and broken English to blame Olga or even other children for inflicting the wounds.

Ms Domin recalled Sharif would even offer children chocolate if they hit her and he later encouraged a teenager to emulate his sadistic cruelty.

The convicted thief spent his time drinking and gambling, eventually leaving Ms Domin to fly to Jhelum where he secretly married his cousin in an Islamic ceremony before he returned to embark on a third marriage with Batool.

Sara was taken into foster care in 2014 after reports of children being burnt, slapped and bitten.

The schoolgirl, pictured with her mother Olga, was found dead in Woking in August last year with at least 71 external injuries 

Sara, pictured, suffered an unimaginable ordeal at the hands of her father and stepmother

Judge Alison Raeside, pictured, was the first sitting judge in the UK to take maternity leave

But a family court decided to award Sharif custody in 2019 after Ms Domin was blamed for the attacks.

Her distraught mother told the Mail she had lost all faith in authorities in Britain: ‘Did you think I was such a terrible, unfit mother?’

‘They had Urfan’s file, showing how violent he was, didn’t they? If they had taken that into the system, Sara would still be alive.’

Sharif’s abuse accelerated after he was handed custody, with daily beatings so bad that Sara was forced to wear a hijab to conceal her injuries.

Neighbours reported hearing ‘gut-wrenching screams’ and the sound ‘like someone had been hit or smacked’ coming from the home in Woking, Surrey where Sara was treated as a domestic slave.

Teachers noticed Sara’s bruises as early as June 2022, but the scared pupil would pull down her hijab and brush off injuries as accidental.

When the school made a referral to social services in March 2023 about bruises on her face, the case was closed with no further action just six days later.

A month later Sharif was withdrawn from class to be home schooled and was never seen alive outside the home again.