Urfan Sharif denied beating his 10-year-old daughter Sara to death before going on the run to Pakistan.

A father accused of killing Sara Sharif attempted CPR on his daughter, the Old Bailey has heard.

Urfan Sharif's barrister blames his client's wife, Beinash Batool, for Sara's murder, claiming the taxi driver arrived home to find his daughter dead and asked: 'What the hell has happened?'

Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, who is accused of murdering his 10-year-old daughter Sara, has claimed the girl's mother "abused" her and was also "violent" towards him