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Scottish Sun
01-05-2025
- Scottish Sun
UK's children's commissioners want smacking ban as murdered ten-year-old Sara Sharif's legacy
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THE UK's children's commissioners want a wholesale smacking ban as murdered ten-year-old Sara Sharif's legacy. They say the current situation with a legal defence in some home nations is 'outdated and morally repugnant'. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 The UK's children's commissioners want a wholesale smacking ban as murdered ten-year-old Sara Sharif's legacy Credit: PA 2 Sara was murdered by her father Urfan Sharif and stepmoher Beinash Batool Credit: AFP Wales made all corporal punishment, including smacking and shaking, illegal in 2022. Scotland introduced a similar ban in 2020. But it is not totally outlawed in England and Northern Ireland. The Children Act 2004 says it is unlawful to hit your child, except where it is 'reasonable punishment', and this is judged case-by-case. Sara's murder in 2023 in Woking, Surrey, led to renewed calls for a UK-wide ban. He father Urfan told police he did 'legally punish' her and beat her 'too much'. He and Sara's stepmum Beinash Batool were jailed for life. Children's Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza said: 'Let this be Sara's legacy, that all children in the United Kingdom are given the same protection as anyone else.' The commissioners of all four UK home nations made their pleas as the Children's Well-being and Schools Bill was yesterday set for its second reading in the Lords.
The Irish Sun
01-05-2025
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
UK's children's commissioners want smacking ban as murdered ten-year-old Sara Sharif's legacy
THE UK's children's commissioners want a wholesale smacking ban as murdered ten-year-old Sara Sharif's legacy. They say the current situation with a legal defence in some home nations is 'outdated and morally repugnant'. Advertisement 2 The UK's children's commissioners want a wholesale smacking ban as murdered ten-year-old Sara Sharif's legacy Credit: PA 2 Sara was murdered by her father Urfan Sharif and stepmoher Beinash Batool Credit: AFP Wales made all corporal punishment, including smacking and shaking, illegal in 2022. Scotland introduced a similar ban in 2020. But it is not totally outlawed in England and Northern Ireland . The Children Act 2004 says it is unlawful to hit your child, except where it is 'reasonable punishment', and this is judged case-by-case. Advertisement READ MORE UK NEWS He father Urfan told police he Children's Commissioner for England The commissioners of all four UK home nations made their pleas as the Children's Well-being and Schools Bill was yesterday set for its second reading in the Lords. Advertisement Most read in The Sun Sara Sharif's mum lays flowers at house where daughter was 'murdered' - hours after cops' probe suffered shocking blow
The Sun
01-05-2025
- The Sun
UK's children's commissioners want smacking ban as murdered ten-year-old Sara Sharif's legacy
THE UK's children's commissioners want a wholesale smacking ban as murdered ten-year-old Sara Sharif's legacy. They say the current situation with a legal defence in some home nations is 'outdated and morally repugnant'. 2 Wales made all corporal punishment, including smacking and shaking, illegal in 2022. Scotland introduced a similar ban in 2020. But it is not totally outlawed in England and Northern Ireland. The Children Act 2004 says it is unlawful to hit your child, except where it is 'reasonable punishment', and this is judged case-by-case. Sara's murder in 2023 in Woking, Surrey, led to renewed calls for a UK-wide ban. He father Urfan told police he did 'legally punish' her and beat her 'too much'. He and Sara's stepmum Beinash Batool were jailed for life. Children's Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza said: 'Let this be Sara's legacy, that all children in the United Kingdom are given the same protection as anyone else.' The commissioners of all four UK home nations made their pleas as the Children's Well-being and Schools Bill was yesterday set for its second reading in the Lords.
