THE KILLER Dad of ten-year-old Sara Sharif is “terrified” after being moved to a prison dubbed Monster Mansion.
Vile Urfan Sharif – serving life for torturing and killing his daughter – has been cowering in his cell after being switched to Category A Frankland jail.
Monster Urfan Sharif was jailed for life with a minimum of 40 years after being convicted of murder[/caption]
Sarah Sharif was found dead in her bunk bed at the family home in Woking, Surrey in August 2023[/caption]
Urfan Sharif has been switched to Category A Frankland jail dubbed Monster Mansion[/caption]
The County Durham prison houses killers including Ian Huntley, Levi Bellfield and ex-cop Wayne Couzens as well as a raft of terrorist inmates.
The move comes after we told how Sharif, 43, had his throat and face slashed with a jagged tuna tin lid on New Year’s Day at high-security Belmarsh Prison, south London.
And a source said: “The prisoners were all locked up when Sharif was brought in this week, so no-one could get to him.
“But it was obvious something big was happening – and word soon got round about who he was.
“Child killers are the lowest of the low, even at a place like Frankland.
“So Sharif is absolutely terrified and has been cowering in his cell, barely coming out.
“He knows he has a huge target on his back, just like he did at Belmarsh.
“He has been put on the same wing as Bellfield, and it also has a lot of killers and hitmen on it – really heavy duty people.
“There are also a lot of Muslim inmates, including gangs on there, and Sharif is hoping that they might offer him protection out of a warped sense of loyalty.”
Sharif’s switch means he will not rub shoulders with Southport murder monster Axel Rudakubana, 18, who has just been moved into Belmarsh.
Sharif was caged in December alongside Sara’s stepmum Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle Faisal Malik, 29, after an Old Bailey trial that horrified Britain.
Sharif wept as he and Batool were jailed for life with a minimum of 40 years and 33 years after being convicted of murder.
Sara’s uncle Malik was also jailed for 16 years after being cleared of murder but found guilty of causing or allowing her death.
Sentencing, Mr Justice Cavanagh said Sara’s death was the “culmination of years of neglect, frequent assaults, and what can only be described as the torture of this small child”.
He said the final thing she felt before she died was her “own father beating her for supposedly faking injury”.
Sara’s birth mother Olga Domin, 38, had lost a court battle to keep Sara from ex-taxi driver Sharif, who exploited EU rules to stay in the UK and hoodwinked social services.
She revealed her torment over the killing in a powerful victim impact statement.
She addressed her ex-husband Sharif and his new wife Batool as “cowards”.
The mum continued: “You are sadists although even this word is not enough for you. I would say you are executioners.”
The trial heard Sara suffered multiple internal and external injuries and was made to wear a hijab to cover them up.
In a two-year campaign of abuse, Sharif throttled schoolgirl Sara, and hit her with a cricket bat and metal pole – sometimes tying her hands and legs together with parcel tape.
Sarah’s evil stepmum Beinash Batool was jailed for life after being convicted of murder[/caption]
The court heard how teachers noted Sara had bruising under her eye on two separate occasions[/caption]
Sarah suffered multiple internal and external injuries and was made to wear a hijab to cover them up[/caption]
She was also bitten and burned with an iron.
Police found her body in her bunk bed at the family home in Woking, Surrey in August 2023.
Sharif left a note confessing to the killing next to her – but then fled to Pakistan with Batool and Malik.
They were later brought back to the UK after an Interpol operation.
‘TARGET ON HIS BACK’
Sharif was held – at Belmarsh, alongside Malik – after being convicted but was moved after being slashed.
Jail bosses suspect double killer Steve Sansom was behind the attack on Sharif, which allegedly happened when he was ambushed in a cell.
He was left bloodied and battered and was treated in the healthcare unit at Belmarsh.
A source said at the time: “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.
“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.”
Frankland Prison – formerly home to Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe – holds more than 800 dangerous lags, including many who will never be released.
Other inmates include Lee Rigby murderer Michael Adebolajo, terrorist Dhiren Barot and Sean Mercer, who killed 11-year-old Rhys Jones.
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.
She was never seen outside the home again.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: “We do not comment on individual prisoners.”
This comes as we revealed yesterday how Sharif – and co-defendants Batool and Malik – had run up a Legal Aid bill of £700,000 between them.
Taxi driver Sharif benefited from £236,000 — including £147,000 for solicitors and £89,000 for barristers at last year’s ten-week trial.
Sara’s stepmum Beinash Batool, 30, got £201,000.
Her uncle Faisal Malik got £272,000 for his defence.
Legal aid is paid to lawyers, not defendants, to ensure a fair trial.
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “The offenders didn’t receive a penny of this money – it went directly to lawyers to ensure a fair trial so they could be imprisoned for their despicable crimes.”
FAMILY COURT JUDGES NAMED
Meanwhile, three family court judges who let Sara Sharif live with her killer dad can be named next week — in a victory for The Sun.
We appealed a ruling by Mr Justice Williams last month that no professionals involved in the case should be named because the media “could not be trusted to report fairly”.
At the Court of Appeal, Master of the Rolls Sir Geoffrey Vos accepted our claim it was an attack on open justice.
He said Mr Justice Williams had “lost sight of the importance of press scrutiny to the integrity of the justice system”.
He added: “It is not for judges to decide what the press should report or how to do their jobs.”
Mr Justice Williams said naming the trio, two of whom have since retired, would expose them to a “virtual lynch mob”.
Between June 6, 2022, and March 10, 2023, the court heard previously how teachers noted Sara had bruising under her eye on two separate occasions.
The school notified the authorities and a social services referral was made – but officials decided not to intervene just six days later.
On April 17, 2023, Sharif removed Sara from school confirming his daughter would be homeschooled with immediate effect.
The decision proved fatal for defenceless Sara as Sharif was free to ramp up his sadistic abuse away from preying eyes.
This violence reached a fatal head on August 8 when Sara was battered to death with a cricket bat.
The following day, Sharif, Batool and Malik fled to Pakistan – leaving the youngster dead in a bunk-bed.
Sharif then called police to say he had beaten Sara “too much” as a punishment for being naughty.
When police arrived, the found a chilling note by the schoolgirl that read: “I swear to God that my intention was not to kill her. But I lost it.”
During his evidence, Sharif dramatically told jurors: “I accept every single thing”.
When asked if he had intended to kill his daughter, Sharif replied: “Yes, she died because of me.”
Sharif was caged in December alongside Sara’s stepmum Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle Faisal Malik, 29, after an Old Bailey trial[/caption]
Sarah’s uncle Faisal Malik was jailed for 16 years after being cleared of murder but found guilty of causing or allowing her death[/caption]
Ian Huntley, who is also caged in Frankland jail, was locked up in 2005 for murdering schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman[/caption]
