Story of lawyer murdered by her accomplice to air in C4 true crime present

A Channel 4 crime documentary set to air subsequent month will centre on the life and dying of pregnant Fawziyah Javed who was shoved from Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh by her abusive accomplice in September 2021.

‘The Push: Murder on the Cliff’ follows the homicide trial of Fawziyah, 31, and options unique entry to the court docket and the proof heard.

Kashif Anwar, from Leeds, was discovered responsible of the homicide after a trial on the High Court in Edinburgh. He was given a life sentence in April 2023 and ordered to serve a minimum of 20 years in jail. 

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

Fawziyah Javed (pictured) and Kashif Anwar (pictured) sat on the highest of Arthur’s Seat moments earlier than she was pushed to her dying 

Anwar, 29, was jailed for no less than 20 years for the homicide of his pregnant spouse Fawziyah Javed

Fawziyah Javed pictured on her commencement day

It was revealed throughout the trial that Fawizah, who was about 17 weeks pregnant when she died, used her final phrases to inform a passerby it was her abusive husband who induced her to fall about 50ft earlier than her physique got here to a relaxation.

She stated: ‘do not let my husband close to me, he pushed me’.

In the months main as much as her dying, Fawziyah had contacted police to report Anwar’s abusive and controlling behaviour and had informed him that she had wished to finish the wedding.

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

The mugshot of Kashif Anwar, 29, from Leeds

Ms Pomeroy stated: ‘To inform Fawziyah’s story on this approach, along with her household bravely sharing what’s an unimaginably painful time for them, is each an awesome privilege and an awesome duty. No lady ought to should undergo an abusive relationship. 

‘Shining a light-weight on this heart-breaking case is necessary for a lot of causes, and I hope that different girls struggling in an analogous approach would possibly discover energy in seeing this movie to make a lifesaving change in their very own life. 

‘The entry gained by Anna and the staff at Candour to make this sequence is exclusive and I’ve little doubt they are going to honour Fawziyah’s reminiscence, displaying how her killer was dropped at justice.’

Ms Hall stated: ‘It’s been such a privilege to see the method of justice performed out minute by minute at Edinburgh High Court and it has been an utter privilege to work with Fawziyah’s massive and loving household who’re destroyed by what has occurred to her. 

‘I discover myself making one other movie a few lady who was on the verge of leaving an abusive relationship – probably the most harmful time for any lady – and I wish to weep. How many extra girls will probably be killed by the hands of their abusive companions?

‘But I do know we’ll all be taught so many vitally necessary issues which helped to convict her abuser.’