Fawziya Javed was 31 when she died in September 2021 (Pictures: PA/SWNS)
A man accused of murdering his wife was so ‘violent’ towards her that her mum set up a secret code she could text if she ever needed help from police, a court has heard.
Kashif Anwar, 29, is said to have pushed Fawziyah Javed, 31, off Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh in September 2021, killing her and their unborn child.
Jurors at the city’s High Court heard Ms Javed’s mother, Nighat Yasmin Javed, was ‘very worried’ about her daughter and those concerns grew after the couple married in December 2020.
Giving evidence, she told them: ‘I said if you feel that you are in danger, just text me “I feel like cream cakes”, and I will contact the police.’
This was because of the ‘abuse, the violence, the aggression, and coercive control’ in the relationship, which included, she said, Anwar taking £12,000 from her daughter’s bank account while she was sleeping.
She said her daughter’s calls and texts were monitored by Anwar, and that between three or four months after the wedding her daughter wanted out of the marriage.
Mrs Javed told the jury: ‘The accused was being abusive, controlling, manipulative, aggressive and violent towards her. She didn’t want to stay in a marriage like that, she wanted to leave.’
Fawziyah Javed died on September 2, 2021 (Picture: Universal News And Sport Scotland)
The court was played a recording of Anwar’s wife, who worked as an employment lawyer, phoning a legal firm for advice on getting a divorce.
The trial, in its second day, also heard from James Duncan, 25, who was walking up Arthur’s Seat with his girlfriend on the evening of September 2 when Ms Javed was found.
He said: ‘There were a couple of screams to my recollection. One was from a female screaming, then I heard a male screaming after I heard the female scream.’
He said that soon afterwards, he saw Anwar with another woman who were looking for a charged mobile phone to call emergency services.
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