Urfan Sharif accepts “responsibility” for her death but denies he meant to kill her, a court heard.

Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, who is on trial at the Old Bailey, confessed that he had battered the 10-year-old schoolgirl with a cricket bat and a metal pole.

Sara Sharif's father has told jurors he "takes full responsibility" for the death of his 10-year-old daughter.

Urgan Sharif previously blamed his wife Beinash Batool for murdering his daughter but dramatically told the court he was responsible.

Urfan Sharif, 42, admitted he had beaten the 10-year-old schoolgirl causing her death. But he denied murder saying: 'I was not intending to kill her, no.'

Sara Sharif's father told jurors he "did not intend to kill" his daughter, despite admitting he repeatedly hit Sara over the head with a mobile phone in the run-up to her death.

Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, sobbed in the dock of the Old Bailey on Wednesday as he told jurors he takes 'full responsibility' for the death of his 10-year-old daughter Sara Sharif

Accepts he struck Sara “severely” over several weeks because he was angered by her episodes of soiling herself, vomiting.