Sara Sharif’s killers received £700,000 in taxpayer-funded legal aid

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THE killers of schoolgirl Sara Sharif racked up a £700,000 taxpayer-funded legal aid bill.

Taxi driver dad Urfan Sharif, 43, benefited from £236,000 — including £147,000 for solicitors and £89,000 for barristers at last year’s ten-week trial.

Mugshot of Urfan Sharif. — Sara Sharif’s dad Urfan benefited from £236,000 in legal aid

Mugshot of Beinash Batool. — Stepmum Beinash Batool got £201,000

Mugshot of Faisal Malik, convicted of causing or allowing the death of Sara Sharif. — Uncle Faisal Malik got £272,000 for his defence

During his trial he shockingly told jurors: “I accept every single thing.

“She died because of me.”

Sara’s stepmum Beinash Batool, 30, got £201,000.

The pair were jailed for life after being convicted of murdering ten-year-old Sara, in Woking, Surrey.

Her uncle Faisal Malik, 29, who was found guilty of causing or allowing her death in 2023, was jailed for 16 years.

He got £272,000 for his defence.

Legal aid is paid to lawyers, not defendants, to ensure a fair trial.

A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “The offenders didn’t receive a penny of this money – it went directly to lawyers to ensure a fair trial so they could be imprisoned for their despicable crimes.”