Man accused of Arthur’s Seat murder had history of abuse

Kashif Anwar is accused of killing Fawziyah Javed on the hill in Edinburgh in September 2021

A man accused of murdering his pregnant wife by pushing her off Arthur’s Seat had a history of controlling and abusive behaviour towards her, a court has heard.  

Today the High Court in Edinburgh was told that just a week earlier, Anwar had said that if she died in childbirth “he would be free”.

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