Sara Sharif’s killer dad has ‘had his neck slashed with a tuna can lid in jail’ simply two weeks after he was sentenced for his daughter’s homicide.
Urfan Sharif was attacked by two of his fellow inmates on New 12 months’s Day at HMP Belmarsh in South London.
The 43-year-old was sentenced to 40 years in jail after he subjected Sara, 10, to horrific abuse at their residence in Woking – together with beating her as she lay dying.
She was discovered useless of their residence by police with at the very least 71 accidents, and was overwhelmed so often she turned incontinent.
The court docket heard that she suffered ‘unimaginable ache, distress and nervousness’ as she was repeatedly overwhelmed, burned, bitten and restrained on the household residence.
It’s understood Sharif was left in a essential situation after the assault with cuts to his face and neck, however has survived.
The jail service confirmed they’re investigating an assault inside HMP Belmarsh on New 12 months’s Day.
They mentioned: ‘It will be inappropriate to remark additional whereas they examine.’
The Metropolitan Police mentioned they had been investigating ‘an allegation {that a} prisoner was assaulted at Belmarsh’ and that ‘the 43-year-old suffered non life-threatening accidents’.
Sharif and Sara’s stepmother, Beinash Batool, had been jailed for all times in December for years of horrific ‘torture’ and ‘despicable’ abuse that culminated within the 10-year-old’s homicide.
Sara’s uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, who was discovered responsible of inflicting or permitting her demise, was jailed for 16 years.
In a televised sentencing on the Outdated Bailey, Mr Justice Cavanagh mentioned Sara’s demise ‘was the fruits of years of neglect, frequent assaults and what can solely be described as torture’, primarily by the hands of Sharif.
The senior decide mentioned her ‘despicable therapy’ happened in ‘plain sight and in entrance of the remainder of the household’.
He informed Sharif: ‘You handled her in such a method since you thought-about it your proper to impose harsh self-discipline on her.
‘Sara was a courageous, feisty and spirited little one. She was not submissive as you needed her to be. She stood as much as you.
‘I’ve little doubt that your ego and sense of self significance was boosted by the facility you wielded over her and the remainder of the household.’
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