British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday called for better safeguards for home-schooled children and said there were "questions that need to be answered" after the brutal murder of a 10-year-old girl.
Sara Sharif's father and step-mother were convicted of murder on Wednesday in a trial that revealed gruesome details of the abuse inflicted on her, and the failure of child protection services to intervene despite warning signs.
Starmer said the "awful" case was "about making sure that (there are) protecting safeguards for children, particularly those being home-schooled".
The British-Pakistani girl was found dead in her home in August 2023, with extensive injuries including broken bones, burns and even bite marks after being subjected to years of abuse.
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