Sara Sharif’s killer dad ‘terrified’ of returning to his cell after lags slashed his neck with jagged lid of a tuna tin
THE killer dad of 10-year-old Sara Sharif is “terrified” of returning to his cell – fearing he will be targeted again after being slashed with the jagged lid of a tuna tin.
Monster Urfan Sharif, 43 – ambushed in his cell by two inmates who sliced his neck and face – fears other lags will try to launch a copycat attack.
The fiend, who was attacked on New Year’s Day, has had treatment in the healthcare unit of HMP Belmarsh, south London where he is held after his murder conviction.
A source said: “Sharif has had treatment and was lucky to survive.
“He is not back on the wing yet, and may have to be placed in solitary for his own safety.
“The word is that others will try another attack – he has a target on his back because of who he is and what he did.
“He will always be looking over his shoulder and, if anything, is even more of a target now.
“Other inmates will not stop because he has been attacked once.
“Just look at people like Ian Huntley, who is another child killer, and has been attacked multiple times inside.
“That’s the position Sharif is in now and it will not stop overnight.
“The prison and its staff will do their utmost to keep him safe – and that could include isolating him for his own good.
“But you cannot do that for ever and he won’t be able to escape other cons indefinitely.”
Sharif was handed a minimum 40-year term last month for murdering innocent Sara in a two-year “campaign of torture” that saw her beaten, burned and bitten.
He was jailed alongside Sara’s stepmum Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle Faisal Malik, 29, who was convicted of allowing the death of a child.
SHAMELESS IN DOCK
By Ed Southgate, In court for harrowing case
IT is hardly surprising that brute Urfan Sharif has been targeted just weeks into his life term.
The scumbag attacked daughter Sara with a cricket bat and metal pole, burnt her with an iron and strangled her. He even forced her to wear a nappy and sit in her own urine and faeces for hours.
It is thought Sharif jet-washed the ten-year-old’s body. Nothing could have prepared me for watching a father admit to the torture he put his own daughter through.
And still he could not bring himself to plead guilty to murder.
I watched as Sharif spent six days lying in the witness box. He made out he was an innocent victim of “psycho” wife Beinash Batool.
True, she is a psycho. And he is worse than a monster.
He abused three previous partners before turning his anger on his girl.
It was clear he never cared about Sara when she was alive or dead.
Now there is no one other than prison guards to look out for him.
Ex taxi driver Sharif was attacked by two cons at tough HMP Belmarsh, south London and treated in the prison’s own healthcare unit.
Our source added: “Sharif was hit in a planned attack.
“The two people who got him will be moved, and that is even a possibility for Sharif.
“But if he is moved he will just face the same problems somewhere else.
“Sara’s stepmum will be petrified too in her prison – and even more so when she hears what has happened to him.
“He was sliced in the neck and face and was in a very bad way after the attack.
“He was lucky to survive, has had to have stitches and will have scars as a permanent reminder of the attack.
“Sharif has tried to keep his head down since coming into the jail, but word quickly got round about who he was.
“Inmates were not happy he is in there with them and, although the other prisoners are in for heinous crimes, a lot of them don’t like people who attack children.
“A lot of them are saying how it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving guy.”
Police were called after the attack on Sharif – found guilty of murder last month after a trial that horrified Britain – and are investigating.
Category A Belmarsh houses high numbers of murderers and terrorists including Ali Harbi Ali, the killer of MP David Amess.
Other inmates include ‘Grindr killer’ Stephen Port, ‘Night Stalker’ rapist Delroy Grant and Danyal Hussein who murdered two sisters in a London park.
Sara’s mother Olga Domin, 38, had lost a court battle to keep her daughter from the clutches of Sharif, who had exploited EU rules to stay in the UK and hoodwinked social services.
The Old Bailey case heard how Sara suffered multiple injuries including human bite marks, an iron burn and scalding from hot water before she died in August 2023.
Bungling authorities missed at least 15 chances to get Sara into a safe home before she was beaten to death.
And tragic Sara was forced to wear a hijab to cover up her injuries, although no-one else in the family used Islamic dress.
Batool often called Sharif from work saying Sara was being naughty, knowing that he would beat her.
Taxi driver Sharif throttled Sara, and hit her with a cricket bat and metal pole, sometimes tying her hands and legs together with parcel tape.
Police found her in her bunk bed at the family’s cramped home in Woking, Surrey.
A post-mortem found Sara had suffered 25 fractures and 71 external injuries including bite marks and iron burns.
Sharif left a handwritten note next to his daughter’s body, which read: “Whoever see this note, it’s me Urfan Sharif who killed my daughter by beating.”
The fiend then fled the country to Pakistan with Batool and Faisal Malik, 29, who lived with the couple.
They were found – along with five of Sara’s siblings – sheltering with family in eastern Pakistan and brought back to the UK after a police and Interpol operation.
Sharif was jailed for life for murder and must serve at least 40 years for murder.
Batool was handed a 33-year minimum term after also being found guilty of murder.
During the trial, Sharif had blamed the attacks on “evil psycho” Batool – before dramatically confessing he had hit Sara with a cricket bat and a pole and ultimately killed her.
Malik was handed a 16-year jail term for causing or allowing the death of a child.
15 missed opportunities to save tragic Sara
By Ed Southgate
JANUARY 2013: Sara was made subject to a child protection plan at birth because of Urfan Sharif being accused of attacking three women including her mother, as well as hitting and biting two children.
But she was allowed to remain with her father.
FEBRUARY 22, 2013: A month after Sara was born, social services and police were told that Sharif had slapped a child around the face.
Nothing was done.
MAY 7, 2013: A social worker spotted a burn mark on a child’s leg.
Sharif failed to report the incident and claimed it was a barbecue accident. Nothing was done.
OCTOBER 7, 2013: A child was seen with a burn mark made by a domestic iron.
Sharif told social services the child had bumped into the appliance.
No action was taken.
2013 TO 2014: A child told a social worker that Sharif smashed up a TV and punched Sara’s mother Olga.
NOVEMBER 2014: Sara was taken into foster care after a child told a social worker about a bite mark.
But she later returned to live with her father following a family court hearing in October 2019 where social services recommended Sara lived with her father because that was her preference.
JANUARY 2015: Sharif was reported to social services for waving a knife around at home in what he said was a zombie game.
Social workers noted that Sharif hit and kicked Olga at home and the pair threatened to kill each other.
FEBRUARY 2015: A child told their foster carer that Sharif used to hit them on the bottom with a belt.
In September that year the child was heard to say to Sharif: “When you’re at home you hit and kick me every day.”
2015: Olga told social services about Sharif tightening a belt around her neck.
Around this time social workers complained Sharif was coercive and derogatory towards them.
A male social worker was then appointed to the family.
DECEMBER 2016: A child told a social worker they did not like Sharif because he punched them all over their body and gave them lots of bruises.
Social workers saw Sara flinch when Sharif told her off during supervised contact and seem surprised when he cuddled her.
JUNE 6, 2022: A teacher reported that Sara had a bruise under her eye, using the school’s online child protection monitoring system.
Sara initially would not say what happened, before later saying another child hit her.
But no referral was made to social services.
MARCH 10, 2023: A teacher saw bruises on Sara’s face.
Sara said she had fallen on roller skates.
When she gave a different story to a safeguarding lead, the school made a referral to social services.
Six days later social services decided to take no further action.
It is understood there had been no contact between social services and Sara’s family for four years at this point.
Social services categorised the case as the second highest priority and asked other agencies for information.
When nothing came back, the case was closed.
MARCH 20, 2023: A report was logged on the school’s internal system after Sara’s stepmother Beinash Batool was overheard referring to children as “motherf***er, sister f***er, b**** and whore” in the playground.
But no details were passed to social services.
MARCH 28, 2023: Batool claimed a mark on Sara’s face was caused by a pen.
The teacher told the school safeguarding lead.
APRIL 17, 2023: Sharif decided to home-school Sara.
School staff rang the council for advice and were told they should make a referral if there were concerns.
Staff saw Sara later that day at school pick-up and she seemed fine so they decided against it, even though she had been beaten earlier that day.
After the case, Olga, 38, branded her girl’s killers “executioners” and said Sharif had for years manipulated police and social services.
And she said: “It took the death of my baby girl for people to realise he is evil.”
In an impact statement Olga told Sharif and Batool: “You are sadists, although even this word isn’t enough for you. I would say you are executioners.”
Olga lived with Sara from 2015 but a family court hearing four years later ruled she should stay with her Dad.
Olga told The Sun after the case: “So many women tried but our voices were never heard because he manipulated everyone.
“I never hurt my children. He lied and lied and they handed my daughter over to her death.”
Old Bailey judge Mr Justice Cavanagh said Sara suffered “unimaginable pain, misery and anxiety” in repeated attacks leading up to her death.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: “Police are investigating an assault on a prisoner at HMP Belmarsh on 1 January.
“It would be inappropriate to comment further while they investigate.”
The Met Police said they were investigating an alleged assault on January 1 where a “43-year-old suffered non life-threatening injuries”.