A husband was jailed for 20 years today after being found guilty of murdering his pregnant wife by pushing her off Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh.
Fawziyah Javed, 31, was shoved from the famous hill in the Scottish capital by Kashif Anwar, 29, and fell around 50ft to her death in an act that also killed her unborn child on September 2 2021.
She had used her dying words to reveal it was her abusive husband who caused her to fall. As she passed away she said: ‘Don’t let my husband near me, he pushed me’, telling a witness he did it after she ‘told him I wanted to end it’.
Anwar was today found guilty by a jury at the Edinburgh High Court of murdering Ms Javed, 31, who was around 17 weeks pregnant. The Killer, from Leeds in West Yorkshire, denied the charge but after a week-long trial a jury found him responsible. He was jailed for 20 years.
As Anwar was handcuffed and taken to the cells, a family member of Ms Javed shouted ‘die you b***ard’ at him.
Anwar had walked ‘arm-in-arm’ with his pregnant wife to Arthur’s Seat after a meal to Wagamama before he suddenly pushed her off the Edinburgh landmark.
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.
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The judge said Ms Javed’s mother, Yasmin Javed, had described her as a ‘beautiful soul inside and out’ who was a popular woman.
As Anwar was handcuffed and taken to the cells, a family member of Ms Javed shouted ‘die you bastard’ at him.
Jurors were visibly upset after the result, some crying, and the judge thanked them for the ‘admirable way’ they performed their duties.
In a statement, Ms Javed’s mother said: ‘There are just no words to describe the depth of pain and grief.
