The grandfather of a pregnant lawyer who was pushed to her death from a hill 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 at Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh. They said the grandad kept quiet about his terminal diagnosis until 48 hours before he died on November 1.
Fawziyah’s uncle, Shahid Farouk, 53, said Abdul was there when his granddaughter’s body was identified on September 4 in 2021. Shahid said it was “devastating” Abdul was unable to get the “closure” he had sought when Anwar was jailed for Fawziyah’s murder on April 6.
