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‘Don’t let my husband near me, he pushed me’: How haunting last words of pregnant lawyer helped jail abusive partner who shoved her to her death off Arthur’s Seat – as murder is set to be aired in C4 true crime show

This is the final chilling words of a pregnant lawyer who helped to jail her abusive partner after she was shoved off Arthur’s Seat.

Fawziyah Javed cried out and told a passer-by: ‘Don’t let my husband near me, he pushed me’ after being thrown off the Edinburgh landmark in September 2021. 

Kashif Anwar, from Leeds, was jailed for at least 20 years after being found guilty of the 31-year-old’s murder during a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.


New footage shows the 29-year-old in court with his head bowed as the jury’s verdict is returned and he is sentenced by judge Lord Beckett in April. 

The footage, filmed for a new Channel 4 documentary ‘The Push: Murder on the Cliff’ which tells the story of the case, also reveals how the 31-year-old lawyer used her legal skills to help convict him from beyond the grave after a long campaign of abuse.

Fawziyah Javed (pictured) and Kashif Anwar (pictured) sat on the top of Arthur's Seat moments before she was pushed to her death

Fawziyah Javed (pictured) and Kashif Anwar (pictured) sat on the top of Arthur's Seat moments before she was pushed to her death

Fawziyah Javed (pictured) and Kashif Anwar (pictured) sat on the top of Arthur’s Seat moments before she was pushed to her death 

Anwar, 29, was jailed for a minimum of 20 years for the murder of his pregnant wife Fawziyah Javed

Anwar, 29, was jailed for a minimum of 20 years for the murder of his pregnant wife Fawziyah Javed

Anwar, 29, was jailed for a minimum of 20 years for the murder of his pregnant wife Fawziyah Javed


Fawziyah Javed pictured on her graduation day

Fawziyah Javed pictured on her graduation day

Fawziyah Javed pictured on her graduation day

Alex Prentice KC, the lead prosecutor in the case, said evidence collated by the victim in the months leading up to the murder was crucial to securing a conviction in the case.

Fawziyah had secretly recorded phone calls of Anwar threatening her and went to the police twice so that there was a record of his abusive behaviour, although she didn’t want them to intervene at that point.

The second police report was made just days before Anwar killed the employment lawyer from Leeds on a weekend away to Edinburgh in September 2021.


Speaking in the new Channel 4 Documentary, which was granted access to the trial earlier this year, Mr Prentice added: ‘Fawziyah collected a great deal of evidence which formed the pillar of the prosecution case.

‘The evidence of what Fawziyah said was crucial. It was effectively Fawziyah speaking to the jury.

‘I have prosecuted many murder cases over the course of my career but for a variety of reasons this case is extraordinary.’

Asked if Anwar would have been found guilty without Fawziyah’s evidence, he said: ‘It would have been very difficult.’


The mugshot of Kashif Anwar, 29, from Leeds

The mugshot of Kashif Anwar, 29, from Leeds

The mugshot of Kashif Anwar, 29, from Leeds

A friend and legal colleague of Fawziyah called Ingrid added: ‘She built this massive mountain of evidence culminating with giving a statement to the police on the verge of her dying.

‘The fact she was a lawyer with all the legal training, I do think she must have thought about leaving this evidence behind.

‘I remember feeling like she died like a lawyer.’


After the jury retires to consider its verdict, Fawziyah’s mother Yasmin Javed tells how she fears Anwar will be acquitted and go on to kill again.

She said: ‘He has got to be punished. He can’t do this to another family, I can’t have another family going through this.’

A 999 call is also played in which Anwar tells an operator his wife had slipped on Arthur’s Seat and that he tried to save her.

He said: ‘Fawziyah’s just on the edge of the cliff, man.


‘We both just slipped, I tried grabbing her arm and she fell.

‘We both technically slipped and then I tried grabbing her arm and she went sideways.’

The couple went on a city minibreak to Edinburgh in 2021, when Anwar took her to the hillside beauty spot.

The series was commissioned by Channel 4’s Head of Documentaries Alisa Pomeroy and directed by Anna Hall.


Ms Pomeroy said: ‘To tell Fawziyah’s story in this way, with her family bravely sharing what is an unimaginably painful time for them, is both a great privilege and a great responsibility. No woman should have to suffer an abusive relationship. 

‘Shining a light on this heart-breaking case is important for many reasons, and I hope that other women suffering in a similar way might find strength in seeing this film to make a lifesaving change in their own life. 

‘The access gained by Anna and the team at Candour to make this series is unique and I have no doubt they will honour Fawziyah’s memory, showing how her killer was brought to justice.’

Ms Hall said: ‘It’s been such a privilege to see the process of justice played out minute by minute at Edinburgh High Court and it’s been an utter privilege to work with Fawziyah’s large and loving family who are destroyed by what has happened to her. 


‘I find myself making another film about a woman who was on the verge of leaving an abusive relationship – the most dangerous time for any woman – and I want to weep. How many more women will be killed at the hands of their abusive partners?

‘But I know we will all learn so many vitally important things which helped to convict her abuser.’ 

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