Urfan Sharif biography: 16 things about Woking, Surrey taxi driver

Who is Urfan Sharif?

Urfan Sharif is a Pakistani man who lived in Horsell, Woking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. His first wife Olga Domin Sharif is a Polish Catholic.

In Horsell, Urfan lived with Beinash Batool, their four children together and his brother Faisal Malik. Urfan is 13 years older than Malik.

Born in 1982, Urfan is 12 years older than Batool. Here are 16 more things about him:

1. In 2001, he moved from Pakistan to the U.K. where he worked as a taxi driver.
2. In 2009, he married Olga.
3. In 2010, Olga gave birth to their first child, a son.
4. On January 11, 2013, Olga gave birth to their daughter Sara Sharif in Slough, Berkshire, England.
5. In 2015, he and Olga divorced and their two children lived with her.
6. In 2019, the custody of his two children was awarded to him and they lived in Horsell with Batool, Malik and his four other children.
7. In April 2023, his daughter Sara was taken out of primary school after being bullied for wearing the hijab and was homeschooled by Batool.
8. On August 8, 2024, his daughter Sara was killed at their residence in Horsell.
9. On August 9, 2024, he, Batool and Malik flew to Islamabad, Pakistan and shortly after he arrived in Islamabad, he called 999 to report that he had beaten Sara too much for being naughty.
10. On August 10, 2024, police officers in Surrey found Sara’s body in a bunk bed and his handwritten note near her body, in which he wrote, “I swear to God that my intention was not to kill her. But I lost it.”
11. On September 12, 2024, police raided his father’s house in Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan where his five children were found.
12. On September 13, 2024, he, Batool and Malik flew from Sialkot to Dubai to London, England and were arrested upon arriving at the airport in Gatwick.
13. On September 14, 2023, he, Batool and Malik were charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child.
14. On September 19, 2023, he, Batool and Malik appeared before London’s Old Bailey via video link.
15. In December 2023, he, Batool and Malik pleaded not guilty to the charges filed against them.
16. On October 8, 2024, he, Batool and Malik appeared before the Old Bailey where their murder trial started.