Five-year-olds in Britain are, on average, up to seven centimetres shorter than children in other wealthy nations, new data has revealed.
22.06.2023 - 08:07 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The mother of a pregnant woman murdered by her abusive husband has said she will never forget her daughter’s haunting last words.
Fawziyah Javed, 31, asked her mum if she was 'going to die before' her and her unborn child were pushed from Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh in September 2021.
Kashif Anwar, 29, from Leeds, was found guilty of the murder after a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh and ordered to serve at least 20 years behind bars.
In a television interview Ms Javed’s mother, Yasmin Javed, told BBC Newsnight her daughter had contacted divorce lawyers and had made voice recordings of Anwar being abusive.
She said she will never forget her daughter’s last words asking “Am I going to die? Is my baby going to die?” Mrs Javed said: “The words go round around my head every single day. Alongside the grief and pain, I can’t get them words out of my mind.”
The BBC reported that in one of the voice recordings Anwar can be heard telling his wife not to challenge him, saying: “Don’t challenge me, do not be that British woman.”
Her daughter, who was about 17 weeks pregnant when she was pushed from Arthur’s Seat, used her dying words to reveal it was her abusive husband who caused her to fall about 50ft before her body came to a rest.
Daniyah Rafique, 24, managed to reach the dying employment lawyer on the side of the hill, where she was told: “Don’t let my husband near me, he pushed me.”
Giving evidence during the trial Mrs Javed said Anwar was “abusive, controlling, manipulative, aggressive and violent” towards her daughter.
She told the BBC that he did not like the fact his wife was independent. Mrs Javed said:”He didn’t like the fact that Fawzi had her own voice, her own opinions. He didn’t like that.”
She said her daughter had
Five-year-olds in Britain are, on average, up to seven centimetres shorter than children in other wealthy nations, new data has revealed.
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