A post-mortem examination found Sara had suffered dozens of injuries including “probable human bite marks”, an iron burn and scalding from hot water before she died on 8 August 2023.
Mr Sharif agreed that violence to Sara had become “normalised” at times in the house, but he said his brother, Mr Malik – who lived with the family – was unaware of Sara being beaten at home.
The prosecution challenged Mr Sharif about how others in the small three-bedroom home were unaware of violence to Sara.
“Everything was separate from Faisal Malik,” Mr Sharif said.
Under cross examination, he was questioned about a burn to Sara’s buttocks and bite marks, which he denies causing.
“To do that to Sara, to press and hold the iron across both her buttocks, two people had to do that?” prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC asked Mr Sharif.
“I don’t know how it happened,” Mr Sharif told jurors.
