Overview
- An independently authored 62-page local review concludes multiple agencies missed escalating risks to the 10-year-old and underestimated her father’s history as a serial domestic abuser.
- It details how her withdrawal from school for home education kept her hidden, and records a welfare check sent to the wrong address a day before she was murdered.
- Evidence referenced includes bruises, burns, human bite marks and at least 25 fractures, with Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool jailed for life in 2024 and Faisal Malik sentenced to 16 years.
- The report sets 15 recommendations covering stronger handling of referrals, increased staffing capacity and qualifications, better information sharing, and tighter statutory guidance on elective home education for children known to social care.
- The education secretary and the children’s commissioner say the death was preventable, an MP calls for Surrey officials to face Parliament, and national and local bodies pledge to implement the changes.