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The father of beaten-to-death schoolgirl Sara Sharif shocked jurors by telling them he “takes full responsibility” for the loss of life of his 10-year-old daughter, including: “I accept every single thing.”

But taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, then continued to disclaim murdering the tragic youngster insisting he didn’t imply to “harm” her when he certain her up and beat her with a cricket bat.

Sharif had sought responsible Sara’s stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, for the sickening catalogue of accidents Sara suffered earlier than her loss of life, claiming he was out at work when his daughter was being abused.

But on the seventh day of his proof on the Old Bailey, he dramatically confessed his “full responsibility” for what occurred.

There have been audible gasps from the general public gallery because the defendant admitted hitting Sara with a cricket bat and pole, binding her with tape, breaking her neck, and battering her over the top with a cell phone.

Sharif additionally admitted that he tightened his fingers round his daughter’s neck on multiple event however denied he had used his Marks and Spencer belt to throttle her.

He additionally denied burning her buttocks with an iron and biting her arm.

His spouse Batool sobbed uncontrollably within the dock while members of the jury panel wiped away tears as Sharif made his dramatic announcement on Wednesday morning.

Sharif initially requested for the fees towards him to be put to him once more however his barrister Naeem Mian KC intervened and after a lunchbreak appeared to have modified his thoughts, insisting he was not responsible of homicide.

Under cross examination from Batool’s defence barrister Caroline Carberry KC, he was requested: “When you confirmed earlier today you beat her to death and you intended to cause her really serious harm that was an admission to the offence of murder.”

Sharif replied: “I did not want to hurt her. I didn’t want to harm her.”

Ms Carberry responded: “But you did harm her. What did you intend when you took a cricket bat to a 10-year-old girl?”

The defendant stated: “I did wrong. I didn’t think anything.”

Ms Carberry requested: “Do you accept that you killed her?”

Sobbing, Sharif stated: “She died because of me. I didn’t want to kill her.”

Sara was discovered useless in a bunkbed on the household residence in Woking, Surrey, on August 10 after Sharif and his brother Faisal Malik, 29 – Sara’s uncle – Batool and their household fled to Pakistan.

The father phoned police on arrival at Islamabad and admitted he had overwhelmed Sara “too much”, having left a written confession beside her physique.

It was alleged that Sara suffered years-long violent abuse, which concerned using a selfmade hood and being tied up with packaging tape.

A autopsy examination discovered she had suffered dozens of accidents together with 25 damaged bones, human chew marks, and burns on her backside and ft.

Ms Carberry had earlier requested Sharif in regards to the word he left beside the physique of his daughter.

In it he wrote “love you Sara” on the primary web page adopted by the phrases: “Whoever see this note it’s me Urfan Sharif who killed my daughter by beating.”

Ms Carberry requested if he did certainly kill his daughter by beating and Sharif replied: “Yes, she died because of me.”

The barrister stated: “In the weeks before she died she suffered multiple fractures to her body, didn’t she, and it was you who inflicted those injuries?”

The defendant replied: “Yes.”

Asked if he broke Sara’s hyoid neck bone, Sharif stated: “I can take full responsibility. I accept every single thing.”

Ms Carberry went on: “I suggest on the night of August 6 you badly beat Sara.”

Speaking barely above a whisper within the witness field, Sharif replied: “I accept everything.”

Ms Carberry went on: “Do you accept the post-mortem evidence that those fractures – at least 25 in number – were caused by you during assaults with a weapon?”

Previously, Sharif had put the blame on Batool, saying she was the one candidate in the home who may have harm his daughter and denied accusations he was a “lying, manipulative and controlling man”.

Sharid, Batool and Malik all deny homicide and inflicting or permitting Sara’s loss of life.

The trial continues.