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

The father of schoolgirl Sara Sharif admitted he has no credibility after spending six days lying to try to blame his wife for the girl's death, a court has heard.

Urfan Sharif had no answer as to how his daughter and another child suffered similar domestic iron burns and human bites, despite being the “common denominator”.

Urfan Sharif described his parenting as "very bad" and accepted he was unkind and cruel in court.