Justice Cavanagh is now turning to what sentences the defendants should receive - you can watch above by clicking watch live.

He says the starting point for father Urfan Sharif's minimum term in prison should be 30 years.

"You plainly derived grim satisfaction from your campaign of violence against Sara," he says.

He says aggravating factors will bring a substantial uplift from the starting point, and goes over the details of the years of abuse and cover-ups Sara was subjected to.

The judge briefly turns to whether more could have been done by the authorities, given previous safeguarding concerns raised by Sara's school and the fact that Sharif was on the radar of various authorities.

He stresses that commenting on this is not the role of sentencing - but makes one comment that the case "brings into sharp relief" the dangers of unsupervised home schooling for vulnerable children.

Sara was "a very courageous little girl with an unquenchable spirit", Justice Cavanagh says, and she loved to sing and dance.

He says a video filmed not long before she died of her dancing in front of the TV shows her mobility was impaired, but despite everything, she still smiled at the camera.

Among the most heartbreaking evidence, the judge says, was a short story she wrote that described Batool as a "queen", a birthday card to Sharif that said "I love you, dad", and an apology note that asked for forgiveness for answering back.

Her abuse had become normalised for her, the judge says.

"She had known nothing else for her entire life," the judge says, adding that Sharif and Batool had persuaded Sara that she deserved the treatment.

The judge describes Sara as a "beautiful little girl" who was "full of personality".

He says her mother describes her as "always smiling".

The judge goes on to quote a teaching assistant at her primary school describing Sara as "bubbly, confident, chatty, engaging".

Justice Cavanagh turns to the phone call that father Sharif made to Surrey Police from Pakistan, when he said he had killed his daughter.

He says both Sharif and Batool took part in a "bizarre" video press statement, in which they referred only briefly to Sara's death, saying it was an "incident", and then went on to complain of the pressure authorities in Pakistan were putting on Sharif's family.

Cavanagh says eventually three of them returned to the UK, but adds he does not believe they came back willingly, but under family pressure.

Mr Justice Cavanagh now turns to the steps the defendants took after Sara's death to cover up what they had done "as best they could".

The judge says he has no doubt they were all "engaged" in this.

He lists the actions of washing Sara, changing her clothes and putting her in bed.

He tells Malik there is "no doubt" he was involved, as his McDonalds uniform was found partly in and next to the bins, alongside other items.

Sharif also removed the house's ring doorbell.

Speaking to Sharif, the judge says he has done everything he could "to avoid punishment" despite a note left on Sara's body suggesting he would do otherwise.

Helena Wilkinson
Reporting from the Old Bailey

The judge's words couldn't be more powerful, and a reminder of the horrific suffering Sara endured.

Used to dealing with difficult cases, Justice Cavanagh describes the medical evidence in this case as "harrowing".

The violent campaign of abuse, the judge says, is "hard to contemplate".

He says judges must be careful not to overuse the word torture, but in this case it was no exaggeration to describe the abuse as that.

No-one sought help for Sara as she died, Justice Cavanagh says.

"Incredibly", he says, Sara's father Urfan Sharif beat her as a punishment for pretending to be ill.

He and Batool then took steps to flee to Pakistan, he says - and the jury heard a recording of a phone call within an hour of Batool on the phone to a travel agent "speaking coolly and calmly".

The judge adds that Sharif can be heard in the background urging her to book an earlier flight, and that the other children can also be heard playing.

He reiterates that this is all within minutes of Sara's death.

Daniel Sandford
Reporting from the Old Bailey

We are now nearly 40 minutes into the judge's comments.

Still, the defendants remain staring at the floor.

The judge says at the time of her death Sara was undernourished and underweight.

The court heard evidence the cause of death was due to multiple injuries and neglect.

These injuries cumulatively caused her death, the judge says.

Sara suffered a decline in the days before death, after being injured on the head, he adds.

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Justice Cavanagh gives more graphic details of assaults against Sara.

He says Sara was tied up in the last few weeks of her life, and that plastic bags were put on her head.

He says Sara used nappies as she couldn't go to the toilet.

Cavanagh says there is no doubt that Sharif and Batool were jointly responsible for tying Sara up.

Continuing to list Sara's injuries, the judge cites some that require "special mention" because they demonstrate the "almost unbelievable torture" she endured during the last weeks of her life.

Among those listed was a fracture to a bone in Sara's neck that would have been sustained by "vigorous" strangulation.

Other injuries included a "serious" brain injury from a few days before her death and open burn wounds, he says.

The judge adds that Sara's body was found with 25 separate fractures.

He says the severity of these fractures are rare even in car crashes and would require great force.

"This poor child was battered with great force again and again," he says.

The judge describes the medical evidence in this case as "harrowing".

He adds Sara suffered 71 separate fresh injuries in the last few days before her death.

He says she was injured on her head, face, chest, abdomen and each of her limbs.

There was also evidence she was tied up, beaten with a metal pole and Sharif admitted hitting her head with a phone.

Justice Cavanagh goes on to say to Malik that he was not a child.

"You were 28 years old and anyone, however much they were in awe of their brother, should have recognised what was happening to Sara was dangerous and wrong."

Cavanagh says Malik could have sought help from officials.

He adds that some of the assaults happened in front of other children.

The judge now turns to Malik - Sara's uncle - who came from Pakistan to undertake an undergraduate course.

He says he has "no doubt whatsoever" that Malik was aware of what was happening to Sara - explaining the house and flat were "too small" and "overcrowded" to make any other conclusion.

Justice Cavanagh continues to reference the number of injuries on Sara's body at the time of her death - demonstrating she was the victim of "many assaults"

He calls it "inconceivable" that Malik would not have been around for any of them or did not see or hear anything.

Daniel Sandford
Reporting from the Old Bailey

As the judge continues to talk through the facts of the case, all three defendants are still staring at the floor.

The security officers in the dock and the interpreter are watching the judge, while the three people being sentenced are staring at the worn blue carpet in the courtroom.

The judge, Justice Cavanagh, adds that the stress and trauma Sara experienced from the violent campaign of abuse is "hard to contemplate".

He says "predictably and tragically" she was then punished for the physical responses she had to the abuse.

The judge says the abuse began when Sara was six or seven.

He says she never did anything that could justify that treatment.

He adds Batool went along with the abuse and cared less because Sara was not her biological child.

The judge continues Batool made no effort to stop the assaults and put make-up on Sara to cover bruises and agreed to take her out of school.

The judge, Justice John Cavanagh, continues to say Sara was deprived of an education because she was taken out of school.

He says Sara was forced to wear a hijab and cover up her body, adding that this was not for religious reasons. Cavanagh notes that other women in the family did not cover up, and says in Sara's case this was to cover up bruises on her body.

Cavanagh says Sara was a brave, feisty, and spirited child. He says she was not submissive as Sharif wanted her to be.

"She stood up to you," he says, adding that Sharif's ego played a role over the physical power he had over her.