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 Yr’s Day by two different inmates in a cell, the Solar newspaper reported.
Sharif reportedly suffered cuts to his neck and face, and it’s understood he acquired medical remedy contained in the jail.
Sharif, 43, and Sara’s stepmother had been sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted on the Previous Bailey final month of killing Sara at their residence 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.
In line with the Solar, Sharif was assaulted with a makeshift weapon.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police mentioned officers are probing “an allegation {that a} prisoner was assaulted at Belmarsh”.
They added that “the 43-year-old 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 residence in August 2023.
Urfan Sharif was sentenced to a minimal of 40 years in jail for homicide, whereas his spouse Beinash Batool, 30, acquired a minimal of 33 years.
Sara’s uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, was sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment for inflicting or permitting her loss of life.
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 had been arrested.
