Firefighter Sean Stratford told jurors he was approached by a man while attempting to help pregnant Fawziyah Javed, who suffered fatal injuries in the fall from Arthur's Seat in September 2021.
A firefighter sent to help a pregnant woman allegedly pushed to her death off an Edinburgh landmark was told by a man that he had accidentally bumped into her while attempting to take a selfie, a murder trial has been told.
He told a court that the man claimed the 31-year-old mother-to-be had fallen off the hill after he bumped into her while trying to get a selfie.LeedsHe denies all the charges against him, including one of acting in a threatening and abusive way towards his wife at a hotel inMr Stratford, who gave evidence to the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday, was one of the emergency responders dispatched to the scene just after 9pm.
The firefighter said he could not remember if the man identified himself as the injured woman's husband or not. But Mr Stratford said the man who had spoken to him did not sound the same way. He also confirmed that Anwar had not mentioned a selfie during the emergency call.'I heard a woman scream'
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