An Afghan migrant jailed for a brutal and unprovoked assault on a young woman has died in custody at HMP Wandsworth.
Gulwali Stanekzay, 25, died on January 17 while serving a three-year prison sentence for the violent attack.
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman is understood to have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.
Stanekzay had admitted repeatedly punching Aisha Waris during a random assault in Harlesden, north west London, in February 2023.
The attack left Ms Waris covered in blood and was captured on a neighbour’s Ring doorbell camera.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and two counts of criminal damage at a hearing in May 2023.
