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.
They said the grandad kept quiet about his terminal diagnosis until 48 hours before he died on November 1, because he didn't want to "divert attention" from the case. Fawziyah's uncle, Shahid Farouk, 53, said Abdul was present when his granddaughter's body was identified on her birthday, September 4, 2021, and his death had been a "huge blow" to the family.
And he said it was "devastating" he was unable to get the "closure" he had sought when Anwar was jailed for 20 years for Fawziyah's murder on Thursday, 6 April. Shahid added: "He was like our leading investigating officer. He was with us all the way. But he sadly died from cancer. And the worst thing about it was that he kept it inside him.
