Police are investigating after the daddy of Sara Sharif was reportedly assaulted in jail weeks after being jailed for the 10-year-old’s homicide.

Urfan Sharif is claimed to have been attacked at Belmarsh Jail on New 12 months’s Day by two different inmates in a cell, the Solar newspaper reported.

Sharif reportedly suffered cuts to his face, and it’s understood he obtained medical remedy contained in the jail. The weapon alleged to have been used within the assault was a part of a tuna can.

Sharif, 43, and Sara’s stepmother have been sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted on the Previous Bailey final month of killing Sara at their house in Woking, Surrey.

A Jail Service spokesperson mentioned: “Police are investigating an assault on a prisoner at HMP Belmarsh on 1 January.

“It could be inappropriate to remark additional whereas they examine.”

Belmarsh is a Class A jail in south-east London housing a few of the UK’s most harmful prisoners.

A Met Police spokesperson mentioned: “Police are investigating an allegation {that a} prisoner was assaulted at HMP Belmarsh on 1 January.

“The sufferer, a 43-year-old man, suffered non-life threatening accidents.”

Sara was hooded, burned and crushed throughout a “marketing campaign of torture” that lasted two years earlier than her physique was discovered on the household house in August 2023.

Urfan Sharif was sentenced to a minimal of 40 years in jail for homicide, whereas his spouse Beinash Batool, 30, obtained a minimal of 33 years.

Sara’s uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, was sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment for inflicting or permitting her dying.

The three fled to Islamabad, Pakistan, with Sara’s 5 siblings, the day earlier than her physique was discovered, prompting a global manhunt.

They hid on the market for 4 weeks earlier than returning to the UK, the place they have been arrested.