Sara Sharif's father has allegedly been attacked by a double murderer armed with a tuna can lid in the south London prison where he is being held.
Urfan Sharif, who was jailed for a minimum of 40 years for the death of his 10-year-old daughter last month, was ambushed by two inmates in HMP Belmarsh on New Year's Day, according to The Sun.
One of the perpetrators is believed to have been Steve Sansom, a 46-year-old prisoner who admitted to murdering and dismembering 38-year-old Sarah Mayhew last year.
He was also charged with killing 59-year-old cab driver Terence Boyle in Croydon in 1999.
Alongside a fellow inmate, Sansom allegedly forced Sharif into a cell at the category A prison and slashed him with a sharp tuna can lid.
The 43-year-old, who was reportedly targeted for the “unimaginable pain, misery and anxiety” he had inflicted along Sara for years before her death, suffered cuts to his face and neck but did not require hospital treatment.
“Everyone is talking about how it was Sansom who got to Sharif,” a source told The Sun.
“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,” they added.
Both Sharif and Sara's stepmother Beinash Batool were handed life sentences in December, while her uncle, 29-year-old Faisal Malik, was found guilty of causing or allowing her death and jailed for 16 years.
Sara's murder was “the culmination of years of neglect, frequent assaults and what can only be described as torture,” Mr Justice Cavanagh said during a televised sentencing at the Old Bailey.
“You treated her in such a way because you considered it your right to impose harsh discipline on her,” he told Sharif.
“I have no doubt that your ego and sense of self importance was boosted by the power you wielded over her and the rest of the family.”
A Prison Service spokesperson said the police are investigating the assault.