“I caused her death.”
Sara suffered almost 70 injuries, according to the court, including burns from a heating iron on her buttock.
A puncture wound to her skull, 11 fractures to her vertebrae, injuries to her fingers, shoulder blades, and ribs, and marks from human bites.
The three have denied any participation since the arrest, but Urfan changed his story in court and acknowledged that “she died because of me.”
Batool was given a life sentence with a minimum of 33 years in jail and Sharif was given a life sentence with a minimum of 40 years on December 17, 2024.
Mr. Justice Cavanagh characterized their acts at sentence as “a campaign of torture,” stating that “the degree of cruelty involved is almost inconceivable.”