Sara Sharif’s killer father has been ambushed in prison and ‘had his neck slashed with tuna can lid’ in a vicious attack.
Two inmates ambushed Urfan Sharif, 43, in his cell on New Years’ Day at HMP Belmarsh, South London.Â
This happened just weeks into his 40 year sentence, and although he was in a critical condition, it is understood he has survived the brutal attempt on his life.Â
Allegedly the pair were sickened by his abuse of the 10-year-old school girl, who was hooded, bitten, burned and eventually beaten to death during a campaign of abuse before her body was found with at least 71 injuries at the family’s home in Woking, Surrey, last year.
A source said: ‘Urfan was sliced up badly in his cell by two others who rushed in. It was planned and they used a makeshift weapon — made from the lid of a tin of tuna.
‘He was sliced in the neck and face, and is still in healthcare and in a very bad way.
‘He was lucky to survive, has had to have stitches and will have scars as a permanent reminder of the attack. The guards tried to keep him safe because he obviously had a target on his back after the case was such big news.
‘Something like this was always on the cards, and an attack was probably only a matter of time.
Two inmates ambushed Urfan Sharif, 43, in his cell on New Years’ Day at HMP Belmarsh, South London
Sara Sharif, 10, suffered ‘unimaginable pain’ during more than two years of abuse and was ultimately tortured to death
The 10-year-old schoolgirl suffered ‘unimaginable pain’ during more than two years of abuse and was ultimately tortured to death by her father Urfan Sharif, 43, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30.
Mr Justice Cavanagh began his sentencing remarks by describing the degree of cruelty shown towards Sara as ‘inconceivable’, and jailed Sharif to a minimum term of 40 years, Batool to 33 years and Malik to 16 years in prison.
He said Sharif was mainly responsible as Sara’s father while Batool and Malik had not shown any remorse, as he told the court: ‘This poor child was battered with severe force, again and again’ and she was treated as ‘the family servant despite her young age’.
Sharif and Batool were found guilty of murder last Wednesday, while her uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, was convicted of causing or allowing a child’s death.
Sara was injured with a variety of weapons including being scalded with boiling liquid when she was restrained, being beaten with a cricket bat, being hit with a metal pole broken off from a children’s high chair and being burned with an iron.
‘The abuse – which for anyone else would be exceptional – had become normalised for this little girl and you persuaded her that she deserved it,’ the judge said.
