Sara Sharif was ‘burned with an iron, tied to heating pipe and suffered bite marks, bruises and 11 separate fractures to her spine in weeks before her death, murder trial hears
Operator: Surrey Police, how can I help?
Urfan SHARIF: Hello?
Operator Hello. How can I help?
Urfan SHARIF Wait a minute, I couldn’t handle it… can you write down my address, please?
Operator Hello?
Urfan SHARIF Hello.
Operator Yes, hello. Is everything okay?
Urfan SHARIF Hello, you (inaudible). Nothing is okay. Can you write down my address, please?
Operator I don’t understand what you’re saying.
Urfan SHARIF Can you write down my address, please?
Operator Okay. What is your zip code?
00:28 Urfan SHARIF GU twenty one…
Operator Yes.
Urfan SHARIF …four TQ.
Operator Tango, Quebec?
Urfan SHARIF Inaudible
Operator Okay. What happened?
Urfan SHARIF Hammond…
Operator What number?
Urfan SHARIF ham…
Operator What number? Which number?
Urfan SHARIF Number six.
Operator Okay.
Urfan SHARIF Hammond…
Operator Take a deep…, deep breath.
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Urfan SHARIF…Gone.
Operator Take a deep breath and tell me what happened.
00:50 Urfan SHARIF I can’t do it, I… I have been legally punished…
Operator Okay.
Urfan SHARIF … my daughter and she died. I left the house in a panic. God, she’s already… inaudible
Operator, I need you to take a moment to catch your breath, because I don’t understand what you’re saying, okay? Your daughter has died?
01:07 Urfan SHARIF I killed my daughter. I killed my daughter.
Operator Okay.
Urfan SHARIF Hello? Hello?
Operator Yes, hello.
Urfan SHARIF I’m asking you to go to number six Hammond Road, please.
Operator Okay. Don’t worry.
Urfan SHARIF Nobody is home. Hello?
Operator Hello, I’m still here. I’m still here.
Urfan SHARIF Sorry.
Operator I’m still here.
Urfan SHARIF Can you get someone there, I have my…
01:37 Urfan SHARIF I left my front door keys under the front mat.
Operator Okay.
Urfan SHARIF Oh, my daughter is dead. I panicked and left the house.
Operator Who killed your daughter?
01:51 Urfan SHARIF It’s me.
Operator Okay.
Urfan SHARIF Her Dada
Operator How?
Urfan SHARIF I think she was naughty after she just died.
Operator, I need you to slow down…
Urfan SHARIF I…
Operator… disabled, okay? How did you kill your daughter?
02:05 Urfan SHARIF I beat her up, I didn’t mean to kill her, but (inaudible) I beat her up too much
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Operator Okay. Where is your daughter now?
Urfan SHARIF She is number six…
Operator Okay.
Urfan SHARIF…Hammond Road.
Operator Where are you?
Urfan SHARIF I have left the premises. I’ll be back.
Operator Okay.
Urfan SHARIF I’m coming…
Operator What is your name?
Urfan SHARIF Back if you can go….
Operator What is your name?
02:28 Urfan SHARIF My name is Urfan SHARIF.
Operator Um, can you spell that for me?
Urfan SHARIF It’s U for umbrella…
Operator Mm hmm.
Urfan SHARIF…R for Romeo…
Operator Yes.
Urfan SHARIF …F for Freddie, A for alpha and N for November.
Operator Sorry, UR…
Urfan SHARIF FAN.
Operator Okay. Middle name please.
Urfan SHARIF SHARIF. S for Sugar, H for Hotel, A for Alpha, R for Romeo, I for
Indigo, F for Freddie.
Operator Brilliant.
Urfan SHARIF Ugh.
Operator Can I get your date of birth?
Urfan SHARIF Sorry? Mine …
Operator Date of…
Urfan SHARIF … date of birth is twenty-five, eleven, eighty-one. Hello?
Operator Hello, I’m still here. I’m just writing this all down.
03:13 Urfan SHARIF Can you send someone? My daughter is alone.
Operator Yes, yes…
Urfan SHARIF Please help…
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Operator…don’t worry…
Urfan SHARIF …stay on the phone…
Operator…don’t worry, don’t worry…
Urfan SHARIF …inaudible, you have to see it.
Operator…there’s no slowing down, okay? What is your…
Urfan SHARIF I’m going to hand it over…
Operator Okay.
Urfan SHARIF…surrender myself.
Operator Okay, okay. I want you to slow down, okay?
What is… your daughter’s name?
03:30 Urfan SHARIF Sara SHARIF.
Operator Okay.
Urfan SHARIF SAR…
Operator Okay, I need you,
Urfan SHARIF …A
Operator I want you to slow down, okay? How do you spell your daughter’s name?
Urfan SHARIF SARA.
Operator SARA?
Urfan SHARIF Yes.
Operator Yes.
Urfan SHARIF Oh, and the last name SHARIF. SHARIF.
Operator Okay. What is her date of birth?
Urfan SHARIF Oh. It is eleven, eleven January two thousand and thirteen. She is only ten years old. Oh my God.
Operator Two thousand and what?
Urfan SHARIF Thirteen. Oh. Oh.
Operator Okay. What happened? What, what made you, what led to all this happening?
04:16 Urfan SHARIF I think she was naughty for the past three weeks and I punished her, but she… to solve her.
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Operator Mm hmm.
Urfan SHARIF And yes, I did something and she died.
Operator Was she breathing when you left?
Urfan SHARIF No, it wasn’t, I tried to revive her. I tried to resuscitate her, everything but it failed, I left in a panic
Operator Okay.
Urfan SHARIF I’m going
Operator Was she bleeding somewhere?
Urfan SHARIF Ugh. No.
Operator Okay.
04:51 Urfan SHARIF She’s dead, I tell you.
Operator What…, what injuries did she sustain? How long ago…
Urfan SHARIF Inaudible
Operator…was this? How long ago…,
Urfan SHARIF Sorry?
Operator When did this happen?
Urfan SHARIF It, agh, you, agh…
Operator I want you to listen to me, okay?
When did this happen?
05:09 Urfan SHARIF It’s been about thirty-six hours… about thirty-six hours ago.
Operator thirty…,
Urfan SHARIF But I left.
Operator Did this happen thirty-six hours ago?
05:18 Urfan SHARIF Yes. I’m a cruel father. I’ll be back…
Operator Where…
Urfan SHARIF …and
Operator…are you informed now?
Urfan SHARIF I’m not the only one, I’ll be back.
Operator So you’re still… you’re driving now?
Urfan SHARIF I drive. I’ll be back.
Operator Okay. What is your registration number?
Urfan SHARIF I feel hurt…
Operator What is your job?
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Urfan SHARIF I left my…
Operator Okay.
05:38 Urfan SHARIF It’s L for Lima…
Operator Yes.
Urfan SHARIF…R for Romeo…
Operator Yes.
Urfan SHARIF 5-7, Freddie, Victor, Charlie.
Operator What type of car is it?
05:48 Urfan SHARIF It’s BMW X5. I left that in the Heathrow car park. Terminal three.
On the top floor.
Operator Sorry, what was that?
Urfan SHARIF My car is at terminal three, short stop, short…
Operator Sorry…
Urfan SHARIF …stay parking lot.
Operator …what car are you in now, if you are not driving yourself?
Urfan SHARIF I’m in someone else’s car, please, I’ll come back. Can you please send someone there…
Operator Don’t worry…
Urfan SHARIF …my daughter is alone.
Operator…we have already been deployed. This doesn’t delay anything, none of this. Okay?
Urfan SHARIF Argh.
06:27 Operator Whose car are you in?
Urfan SHARIF I’m in someone else’s car.
Operator Whose car are you in?
Urfan SHARIF It’s someone else’s car. Please, I’m coming…
Operator Okay.
Urfan SHARIF …back.
Operator Do you…
Urfan SHARIF I will make myself inaudible…
Operator Is someone else…
Urfan SHARIF…can you…
Operator …at home with, with your daughter?
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06:40 Urfan SHARIF No one is home. It was just me. There’s no one home.
Operator Okay. Do you know the…
Urfan SHARIF Could you please…
Operator Yes, don’t worry, we’re already sending agents on their way.
Okay? What…, do you know the…
Urfan SHARIF Inaudible.
Operator…registration of the car you drive?
Urfan SHARIF No.
Operator Whose car is it?
07:02 Urfan SHARIF My son.
It’s my son’s car, I’m not there, can you please go there? I’ll get back to you soon. Me, I’ll give myself up. I’m coming to Woking police station.
Operator No, you must return to the address now. Okay? You need to go back to the address.
Urfan SHARIF I will.
Operator Okay?
What is your photo…
Urfan SHARIF Is anyone there?
Operator number. Listen to me. What is your telephone number?
07:28 Urfan SHARIF It’s zero, double seven…
Operator Yes.
Urfan SHARIF Seven, zero, seven, zero, seven, four, two, four…
Operator Slow down.
Urfan SHARIF …seven, four, six, two.
Operator Slow down. Slow down. Slow down. 0-7-7…
Urfan SHARIF No, seven, four…
Operator…0-7-4…
Urfan SHARIF Two, four, seven, four
Operator…2-4-7-4…
Urfan SHARIF Six, two, eight, five.
Operator So where… where are you? I know you said you were driving, but can you see a road? Where are you now?
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Urfan SHARIF Uh, I can’t give more details, I… I promise I’ll be back. I will, I will find, I will, I will face the death penalty.
Operator I, I need to know where you are.
Urfan SHARIF No response.
Operator Okay. Give me a landmark, give me anything. Where are you? Do you know what city you are in?
Urfan SHARIF I don’t know.
Operator Okay. So, if you live in Woking, you drive through Guildford, you drive through West Byfleet, you drive through Ald…, Aldershot? Where, where are you driving now?
0:08:34 The recording ends.