Sara Sharif’s dad ‘has neck sliced open with tuna tin lid by lag in prison attack’ which has left him fighting for life
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THE killer dad of ten-year-old Sara Sharif has had his throat slashed in prison with the jagged lid of a tuna tin. Two inmates ambushed Urfan Sharif, 43, in his cell at tough HMP Belmarsh, South London. He was attacked on New Year’s Day, just weeks into his life sentence for murdering innocent Sara.
![[Urfan Sharif and partner Beinash Batool were convicted of Sara's murder]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-pa-photo-10-year-956560806_1ff850.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
Sharif was lucky to survive and remains in a bad way in the prison’s hospital, sources say. The pair were sickened by his abuse of Sara, who was beaten, burned and bitten over two years before her death in August 2023. They used a jagged tuna tin lid in the ambush at HMP Belmarsh, South London, on New Year’s Day — just weeks into Sharif’s life term with a minimum of 40 years.
![[Sara Sharif was regularly beaten by her dad and stepmum]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/olga-sharif-photo-beloved-daughter-838001671_dd687f.jpg?strip=all&w=391)
A source said: “Urfan was sliced up badly in his cell by two others who rushed in. It was planned and they used a makeshift weapon — made from the lid of a tin of tuna. “He was sliced in the neck and face, and is still in healthcare and in a very bad way.
![[Sharif was arrested after landing back in the UK]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-pa-photo-10-year-956560685.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
“He was lucky to survive, has had to have stitches and will have scars as a permanent reminder of the attack. The guards tried to keep him safe because he obviously had a target on his back after the case was such big news. “Something like this was always on the cards, and an attack was probably only a matter of time.
![[Sara died in August 2023]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-handed-life-sentences-father-958120293.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
“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.
![[Two inmates ambushed Urfan in his cell at tough HMP Belmarsh, South London]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/general-view-belmarsh-prison-houses-930642213.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
