SARA Sharif’s killer dad was attacked by a double murderer, prison bosses believe.
Steve Sansom — who admitted murdering Sarah Mayhew, 38, last year and killed a taxi driver when he was 19 — is alleged to have attacked Urfan Sharif on New Year’s Day.
With the help of a fellow inmate, Sansom, 46, is said to have forced Sharif into a cell and slashed him frenziedly with a tuna can lid.
Sources said vile Sharif had been targeted due to the shocking details of his abuse of ten-year-old Sara, who was beaten, bitten and burned before her death.
The monster was left bloodied and battered in the incident and is still being treated in the hospital wing at tough HMP Belmarsh, South London.
Sharif — convicted of murder at the Old Bailey last month — is terrified of returning to the prison wing and had tried to befriend Muslim gangs at the Category A jail for protection.
The 43-year-old was held at the prison on remand before and during his trial, alongside Sara’s uncle Faisal Malik who was convicted of allowing the death of a child.
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.
A source said: “Everyone is talking about how it was Sansom who got to Sharif.
“He and another inmate apparently pounced on him as he walked back to the wing after a shower, forced him into a cell and slashed him.
“The other bloke, who is also a murderer, held the door shut.
“Sansom is a nasty piece of work and will be proud of what he’s done.”
Police are investigating and have not made any arrests.
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.
