Hometown: A Killing Podcast
1) 6: The Death Threats
After publishing a story about drugs and violence in his hometown, journalist Mobeen Azhar returns to Huddersfield to face his critics but threats on his life mean that he has to beat a temporary retr...Show More
2) 5: The Shame
Mobeen tries to find answers to the hardest question of them all. Is the heroin trade in West Yorkshire the best kept secret or is his community simply turning a blind eye to what’s happening in its m...Show More
3) 4: The Verdict
As the trial linked to Yassar Yaqub’s shooting comes to a close, new revelations emerge about who he really was and the verdict sends shockwaves through West Yorkshire. Meanwhile, Mobeen joins the dot...Show More
4) 3: The Grass
As the trial linked to Yassar Yaqub’s shooting continues, a friend unexpectedly turns on him in court. Meanwhile Mobeen’s investigation continues as he discovers that local teenagers are being groomed...Show More
5) 2: The Father
Journalist Mobeen Azhar investigates the rumours surrounding Yassar Yaqub but is his father trying to manipulate what he writes? Meanwhile a trial linked to the night Yassar died starts twenty miles d...Show More
6) 1: The Shooting
Award-winning journalist Mobeen Azhar moves back to his hometown of Huddersfield to cover the death of Mohammed Yassar Yaqub. Described in court as a 28 year old office clerk, Yassar Yaqub was shot de...Show More
7) Welcome to Hometown: A Killing
Award-winning journalist Mobeen Azhar moves back to his hometown of Huddersfield to cover the death of Mohammed Yassar Yaqub but realises that there is a much bigger story in town