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| Man found guilty of murdering pregnant wife at Arthur’s Seat | Man found guilty of murdering pregnant wife at Arthur’s Seat |
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| Kashif Anwar, 29, pushed Fawziyah Javed, 31, off Edinburgh hill, leading to death of wife and unborn child | Kashif Anwar, 29, pushed Fawziyah Javed, 31, off Edinburgh hill, leading to death of wife and unborn child |
| A man has been found guilty of murdering his pregnant wife by pushing her off the edge of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. | A man has been found guilty of murdering his pregnant wife by pushing her off the edge of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. |
| Kashif Anwar, 29, was found guilty by a jury at the high court in Edinburgh of murdering Fawziyah Javed, 31, in September 2021 by pushing her from the hill, causing her multiple blunt-force injuries and ultimately her death, and that of her unborn child. | Kashif Anwar, 29, was found guilty by a jury at the high court in Edinburgh of murdering Fawziyah Javed, 31, in September 2021 by pushing her from the hill, causing her multiple blunt-force injuries and ultimately her death, and that of her unborn child. |
| Anwar, from Leeds, denied the charge but after a week-long trial a jury found him responsible. | Anwar, from Leeds, denied the charge but after a week-long trial a jury found him responsible. |
| Javed, who was about 17 weeks pregnant when she was pushed from Arthur’s Seat, used her dying words to tell an officer it was her husband who had caused her to fall about 50ft before her body came to a rest. | |
| Daniyah Rafique managed to reach Javed on the side of the hill, where she was told: “Don’t let my husband near me, he pushed me.” | |
| PC Rhiannon Clutton was told by Javed that her husband did it because she “told him I wanted to end [the marriage]”. | |
| Judge Lord Beckett imposed a mandatory life sentence on Anwar with an imprisonment period of a minimum of 20 years. | |
| He told Anwar: “You have been found guilty of murdering Fawziyah Javed who was a very special person. She was your pregnant wife and you also caused the death of your unborn child.” | |
| He told the killer that his victim was willing to trust that he would keep her safe when they went up Arthur’s Seat, but that he pushed her off when nobody else was around. | |
| The judge said Javed’s mother, Yasmin Javed, had described her as a “beautiful soul inside and out” who was a popular woman. | |
| In a statement, Yasmin Javed said: “There are just no words to describe the depth of pain and grief. There’s no words in the English dictionary that go deep enough.” | |
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