Police investigate after ‘Sara Sharif killer attacked in prison’
Police are investigating after Sarah Sharif’s father was reportedly attacked in prison just weeks after being jailed for the murder of his 10-year-old child.
Urfan Sharif is said to have been attacked by two other prisoners in his cell at Belmarsh Prison on New Year’s Day. According to The Sun.
Sharif reportedly suffered injuries to his neck and face and is understood to have received treatment inside the prison.
Sharif, 43, Sarah’s stepmother sentenced to life imprisonment Sarah was convicted at the Old Bailey last month of murdering her at her home in Woking, Surrey.
A Prison Service spokesman said: “Police are investigating an assault on a prisoner at Belmarsh Prison on January 1.
“It would be inappropriate to comment further while they are investigating.”
Belmarsh Prison is a Category A prison in south-east London, housing some of the most dangerous prisoners in the UK.
According to The Sun, Sharif was attacked with makeshift weapons.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said officers were investigating “allegations that a prisoner was assaulted in Belmarsh”.
They added that the “43-year-old man’s injuries are not life-threatening”.
Sarah was hooded, burned and beaten in a “campaign of torture” that lasted two years until her body was discovered in her home in August 2023.
Urfan Sharif was sentenced to at least 40 years in prison for murder, while his wife Beinash Batool, 30, was sentenced to at least 33 years in prison.
Sarah’s uncle Faisal Malik, 29, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for causing or allowing Sarah’s death.
The trio fled to Islamabad, Pakistan, along with her five siblings, the day before Sarah’s body was found, sparking an international manhunt.
them Hidden there for four weeks before returning to the UKwhere they were arrested.
