Sir Keir Starmer says questions must be answered over the “awful” case of 10-year-old Sara Sharif who was murdered by her father and stepmother. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00My first response is a human response. This is just the most awful case.
00:06It's very hard to see and to read about for many people who will be viewing this.
00:11Just shocking. So that's where I start on this.
00:14Obviously there's going to be questions that need to be answered in relation to this case.
00:19I don't think that we should allow ourselves to think that whatever the rules on smacking are,
00:25that that's got anything to do with this case.
00:27This is about violence. It's about abuse.
00:30It's about making sure there's protection and safeguards for children,
00:34particularly those being homeschooled.
00:37So that's where I think the questions are.
00:40But my response, first and foremost, is a human response.
00:43It's just the most awful case that many people, many viewers, will find very, very, very hard to hear.