Appeal won to name girl’s family court judges

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Appeal won to name girl’s family court judges

Three judges who oversaw family court proceedings related to the care of Sara Sharif before she was murdered will be named next week, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Mr Justice Williams ruled in December that the media could not name the judges involved in the historical family court cases related to the 10-year-old, as well as social workers and guardians, due to a “real risk” of harm from a “virtual ****** mob”.

However, several media organisations, including the BBC, have successfully appealed against the decision, previously telling a hearing that the judges should be named in the interests of transparency.

Sara’s father Urfan Sharif, 43, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were jailed for life for her ******* in Woking in 2023.

At a ruling on Friday, the Court of Appeal ruled that the three unnamed judges could be identified in seven days.

Sir Geoffrey Vos said: “In the circumstances of this case, the judge had no jurisdiction to anonymise the historic judges either on 9 December 2024 or thereafter.

“He was wrong to do so.”

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