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.

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.

Sara Sharif’s father has confessed to killing the 10-year-old but insisted he did not mean to “harm” her when he bound and beat her with a cricket bat. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, had sought to blame Sara’s stepmother Beinash Batool,

Urfan Sharif, the father of 10-year-old Sara Sharif, admitted responsibility for his daughter's death in court on Wednesday. The testimony took place at the central criminalcourt of England and Wales,

Sara Sharif’s father had no answer as to how his daughter and another child suffered similar domestic iron burns and human bites, despite being the “common denominator”. For more than a week in the witness box,

Urfan Sharif even confesses to whacking 10-year-old with metal pole as she lay dying – but continues to deny her murder

The father of Sara Sharif has told jurors he “takes full responsibility” for the death of his 10-year-old daughter.

Urfan Sharif had earlier in the trial at the Old Bailey accused his wife, Beinash Batool, of tying up and beating his daughter

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,