Police investigate reports of prison attack on Sara Sharif’s father | Prisons and probation

Police are investigating reviews that the daddy of the schoolgirl Sara Sharif had his throat reduce in an assault by fellow inmates whereas in jail for her homicide.

Urfan Sharif, 43, is claimed to have been attacked in Belmarsh jail, south London, by two males who rushed into his cell with a weapon constructed from the lid of a tuna tin, in keeping with the Solar. The assault is claimed to have occurred on New Yr’s Day and triggered accidents to his neck and face which can be understood to have been handled in jail.

The Metropolitan police stated in a press release they have been investigating an allegation of assault at Belmarsh.

Sharif was sentenced to life imprisonment final month, together with Sara’s stepmother, Beinash Batool, 30. The pair have been convicted on the Outdated Bailey of killing 10-year-old Sara at their residence in Woking, Surrey.

Sentencing them, the choose, Mr Justice Cavanagh, described their marketing campaign of abuse as “torture” and condemned them for not exhibiting “a shred of regret”.

A Met police spokesperson stated: “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.”

A supply instructed the Solar that Sharif “was sliced up badly in his cell by two others who rushed in. It was deliberate and so they used a makeshift weapon — constructed from the lid of a tin of tuna.” In response to the newspaper he was “fortunate to outlive” and obtained stitches.

The assault occurred solely weeks into Sharif’s minimal 40-year sentence.

As a class A jail, Belmarsh accommodates a few of Britain’s most infamous and harmful criminals.

Sara was discovered useless in a bunkbed on the household residence in Surrey on 10 August 2023. The couple had killed her two days earlier and fled to Pakistan. A postmortem examination discovered she had 71 exterior accidents, together with bruises, burns and human chew marks. She additionally had a minimum of 25 fractures, together with 11 to her backbone.

A jail service spokesperson stated: “Police are investigating an assault on a prisoner at HMP Belmarsh on 1 January. It could be inappropriate to remark additional whereas they examine.”