The father of Sara Sharif has told a jury he was the "worst parent on the planet".Urfan Sharif described his parenting as "very bad" and accepted he was unkind and cruel under cross-examination at the Old Bailey.

She died because of me.” The court previously heard that Sara was hooded, burned and beaten during more than two years of abuse. Jurors were previously told Mr Sharif's case was that Ms Batool was responsible for Sara's death,

Sara Sharif's father has admitted to fatally beating his daughter with a cricket bat and a metal pole, telling the Old Bailey he took "full responsibility" for her death. In a "dramatic admission", said The Independent,