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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dan Barker

Man told wife if she died in childbirth he ‘would be free’, murder trial told

A man who is accused of murdering his wife was overheard in hospital telling her if she died in childbirth that “would be okay” because he “would be free”, a court has heard.

Kashif Anwar, 29, is accused of murdering Fawziyah Javed, 31, in Edinburgh in September 2021 by pushing her from Arthur’s Seat in Holyrood Park, causing her multiple blunt force injuries which led to her death and that of her unborn child.

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