The father, stepmother and uncle of 10-year-old Sara Sharif have lost their Court of Appeal bids to reduce their sentences after she was killed. Urfan Sharif, 43, and Beinash Batool, 30, were jailed for life in December, with minimum terms of 40 and 33 years respectively, after being found guilty of Sara's murder.

Little Sara Sharif was hit with a cricket bat and iron bar, and even as the 10-year-old schoolgirl lay dying her dad came home and hit her in the stomach for 'pretending'

The father and stepmother of Sara Sharif will not have their sentences for the 10-year-old's murder reduced, appeal judges have ruled.