“I did not beat her, do anything to her.”
He denied Batool’s claims in WhatsApp messages to her sisters that he had beaten Sara up “like crazy” over at least two years.
Sharif told jurors that Batool was “very, very crazy”, pointing to video evidence she had abused him and forced him to jump out of a window to escape.
Asked about the state of their relationship, he said: “It’s never been good.
“We always had issues between me and her and we were only living together because of the family.”
Jurors were shown two video clips from Sharif’s Google drive allegedly filmed as evidence of Batool’s abusive behaviour towards him.
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In WhatsApp messages to her sisters, Batool claimed her husband had beaten his daughter “like crazy” over at least two years.
Sharif denied this and instead alleged his wife – who was Sara’s stepmother – was “very, very crazy”, highlighting video evidence allegedly showing she abused him.
He said he recorded the incidents “so that she (would) leave me alone” and “stop what she was doing”.
The taxi driver alleged his wife did not “care about anything at all” and claimed her family said: “Someone has done black magic on her.”
Sharif became emotional as he told jurors: “I used to jump through the kitchen window as she would lock the front door.
“Most of the time when she was angry, I jumped through the living room window.”
