came a moment so dramatic it left jurors open-mouthed and an Old Bailey courtroom horrified. Sara’s father Urfan Sharif had not long been in the witness box on the seventh day of giving evidence ...

The judge set a timetable for the case, with a plea hearing on March 28 and a provisional trial before a High Court judge at the Old Bailey from December 1. Gilheaney, from Harlow in Essex ...