SARA Sharif’s killer dad is being protected by a Islamist gang in a jail dubbed Monster Mansion, insiders claim.
Vile Urfan Sharif – who is also Muslim – has been shielded by extremists who are protecting him due to their shared religion, it is alleged.
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We told last month how Sharif, 43 – who is serving life for torturing and killing his 10-year-old daughter – had been “cowering” in his cell after being slashed by a con using a jagged tuna tin lid at his previous jail, Belmarsh in south London.
But a tough gang of Muslim lags – including terrorist inmates – at Category A Frankland, County Durham, have “put the word around” that no-one should attack Sharif or they will take revenge, according to insiders.
A source said: “Sharif has not been touched at Frankland – and it is largely down to this Muslim gang.
“They are on the same wing as him and they have put the word around that he is not to be touched.
“They’ve said that anyone who tries anything will have them to deal with.
“It is warped but they have said that what went on in Sharif’s house was a ‘family matter’ and they think it should not have ended up in the courts.
“They are aware he is a Muslim, so as far as they are concerned is one of them and deserves protection.
“They are a fairly small gang, with only about eight of them, but they are pretty fearsome and known to stick together.
“Some of them are lifers do they don’t have a lot to lose – and no-one really wants to cross them.
“The guards are keeping a really close eye on him after what happened at Belmarsh.”
Sharif has spent most of his time locked in his cell at Frankland, and is usually escorted by prison officers when he takes exercise or goes for food.
He has grown his hair and lost weight so that he is “painfully thin”, our source said.
Frankland is dubbed Monster Mansion as it houses killers including Levi Bellfield, Ian Huntley, ex-cop Wayne Couzens and Mark Dixie, who murdered Sally Anne Bowman.
Other inmates include Lee Rigby killer Michael Adebolajo, terrorist Dhiren Barot and Sean Mercer, who shot 11-year-old Rhys Jones.
Sharif was moved there after he had his throat and face slashed with the jagged tuna tin lid on New Year’s Day at high-security Belmarsh.
He was left bloodied and battered and was treated in the healthcare unit at Belmarsh.
Former prison governor Ian Acheson – who led a government review on extremism in jails – has described Frankland as having “ideological and criminal gangs” competing to control wings there.
Sharif was caged last December alongside Sara’s stepmum Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle Faisal Malik, 29, after an Old Bailey trial that horrified Britain.
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.
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.
Sharif – who initially blamed Sara’s injuries on Batool at trial – was found guilty of murder and handed a minimum 40-year term.
He was held at Belmarsh, alongside Malik – but was moved after being slashed.
Frankland Prison – formerly home to Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe – holds more than 800 dangerous lags, including many who will never be released.
A Prison Service spokesperson declined to comment.
This comes as we revealed last month 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.”
And, three family court judges who let Sara Sharif live with her killer dad were named— in a victory for The Sun.
We appealed a ruling by Mr Justice Williams 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.
HHJ Alison Raeside presided over the majority of hearings, including a final one in 2019 when she decided the little girl should live with Urfan Sharif and step-mum Beinash Batool.
She said at the time “I am going to hope for the best”.
Retired judges Sally Williams and Peter Nathan also made an interim care order and emergency protection order respectively.
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.
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.
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