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This is the moment the uncle of a pregnant lawyer pushed to her death by her abusive husband breaks down in tears after reading out a text he sent advising her to 'work on your marriage'.
Fawziyah Javed, from Leeds, was thrown 50ft off Arthur's Seat in September 2021, following a horrific campaign of abuse by her partner, Kashif Anwar.
Anwar, now 31, was jailed for at least 20 years after being found guilty of murder during a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh .
The cold-blooded murder of Fawziyah is explored in The Push: Murder on the Cliff, which also follows Anwar's trial and his conviction.
In the Channel 4 documentary, Fawziyah's uncle Shahid Farouk, 53, revealed a harrowing text he sent to his niece after she married her killer in December 2020.
In the message, he told the 31-year-old that 'life never goes according to plan', before telling her to 'give and take' in her marriage and not 'be coming home and moaning about things to your mum and dad.'
Shahid went on to say he 'blamed' himself for writing the message, adding: 'Maybe that was what stopped her from telling me [what was happening].'
In the Channel 4 documentary, Fawziyah's uncle Shahid Farouk, 53, revealed a harrowing text he sent to his niece after she married her killer in December 2020.
Pregnant Fawziayh Javed, 31, died after being thrown off Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh by her abusive husband Kashif Anwar in September 2021
In the message, he told the 31-year-old that 'life never goes according to plan', before telling her to 'give and take' in her marriage
TheThe grieving uncle had sent the message as a reply to a message from Fawziyah that said: 'Salams, I hope you are well Inshallah. I just wanted to say thank you very much for the wedding money.'
He replied the next day to say: 'Wa alaikum Salam, I hope you are well and settling down with your new family.
'Remember life never goes according to plan. it's like a rollercoaster. Don't be coming home and moaning about things to your mum and dad. Instead, work on your marriage and give and take and compromise.
'But I want you to remember one thing, until my last day of life your Mammu is and will always be here for you.'
Viewers can see Shahid struggling to read out the text as he holds back the tears, before saying: 'I blame myself for writing that, saying "don't be coming home for the little things", maybe that was what stopped her from telling me.'
Fawziyah was an employment lawyer and 17-weeks pregnant with her first child when she fell to her death at the hands of 'jealous, evil and insecure' Anwar.
She had married the optical assistant in an Islamic ceremony on December 25, 2020.
But it was only three months after their nuptials that Anwar rendered the 31-year-old unconscious in a cemetery, the court was told
