The grandfather of a pregnant lawyer pushed to her death from Arthur's Seat did not tell his family he had terminal cancer because he didn't want to 'divert attention' from her murder case
The grandfather of a pregnant lawyer who was pushed to her death from Arthur's Seat did not tell his family he had terminal cancer because he didn't want to "divert attention" from her murder case - and died before her killer was jailed. Relatives called Abdul Latif, 70, their "leading investigator" as they fought to get justice for Fawziyah Javed, 31, who was murdered by Kashif Anwar, 29.
"When we went to identify Fawziyah on September 4, we should have been celebrating her birthday, not going to a mortuary to identify her body, and Fawziyah's grandad went with us. But she used her dying breaths to tell police that her husband was responsible for her injuries, which helped lead to his successful conviction in Edinburgh's high court. Shahid, paying tribute to the "god-gifted", privately educated lawyer, said Anwar would have pulled off the "perfect murder" if it was not for her intervention.
"What person not only kills his wife but his own child as well? He showed no remorse whatsoever and he was a coward.