Man accused of pushing wife from Arthur’s Seat was ‘abusive’ and ‘violent’

Court hears Kashif Anwar, accused of murdering Fawziyah Javed in Edinburgh, had told her it would be OK' if she died in childbirth

A man accused of murdering his wife by pushing her from Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh was overheard in hospital telling her that if she died in childbirth it would be OK" because he would be free", a court has heard.

Kashif Anwar, 29, is accused of killing Fawziyah Javed, 31, in September 2021 by pushing her from the peak in Holyrood Park, causing her multiple blunt force injuries that led to her death and that of her unborn child.