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,

Sara Sharif was found with injuries including puncture wounds, burns, bruising and abrasions at the family home in Woking, Surrey, jurors at the Old Bailey were told. A post-mortem examination found Sara had suffered injuries including "probable human bite marks", an iron burn and scalding from hot water.

A bone marrow disease found in Sara Sharif’s hands could have been caused by “starvation”, a court heard. Injuries to Sara’s wrist and neck bones were shown in court on the fourth day of the 10-year-old girl’s murder trial.

Sara’s father Urfan Sharif, stepmother Beinash Batool and uncle Faisal Malik are on trial at the Old Bailey accused of the 10-year-old’s murder.

Ten-year-old Sara Sharif suffered injuries which were comparable to a person involved in a car crash, a court has heard. The girl's body, which was found in her family's home in Surrey last year, had signs of healing spinal fractures which had then been rebroken,