PETER HITCHENS: Sara Sharif's death is a tragedy - but banning home-schooling won't solve anything
Daily MailThe hideous murder of a defenceless child will certainly happen again. Last week, after the frightful trial of Sara Sharif's killers, there was a sudden chorus saying that home-schooling ought now to be more tightly restricted in this country. It seems odd to conclude that home-schooling, of all things, should be held to blame for what happened to Sara Sharif, pictured Sara's parents - pictured, her father Urfan Sharif - had been known to social services since 2010 Teachers spotted that Sara was bruised, several times, while she was still attending school. Her parents had been known to social services since 2010, and concerns about Sara's welfare were expressed within a week of her birth. The tin hat that Peter Hitchens's father-in-law David wore as a 15-year-old local newspaper writer during the Blitz Perched each night on the roof of his parents' Bloomsbury block of flats, he watched the bombs fall and pedalled furiously to be first at the scene.
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