The trial of three family members accused of murdering schoolgirl Sara Sharif has resumed on Wednesday, with neighbours who allegedly heard the 10-year-old “screaming” giving evidence. Jurors have been told of a “campaign of abuse” against Sara,

Giving evidence today, former upstairs neighbour Rebecca Spencer described the ‘constant screaming and crying’ when she lived above the Sharif family’s former flat in West Byfleet, Surrey, between 2018 and 2020. She told jurors that Sara’s father worked as a taxi driver, often leaving Batool at home.

A neighbour of Sara Sharif who tried to inquire about "screaming" coming from inside the 10-year-old's home had the door shut in her face, a court was told.

Neighbours have told a jury at the Old Baily of the noises they heard at the family home of Sara Sharif in Woking before her death

Sara Sharif had suffered an “extremely rare” fracture in her neck, which a radiologist said he had “never seen” in a child before. Examinations showed she had an injury to her hyoid bone in her throat, which was likely to have been caused between six to 12 weeks before her death.

The trial of three family members accused of murdering schoolgirl Sara Sharif has resumed on Wednesday, with a number of neighbours set to give evidence. Jurors have been told of a “campaign of abuse ” against Sara,