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Hometown: A Killing: The Verdict

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Mobeen is forced to confront the truth about who runs the drugs trade in his hometown.

As the trial linked to Yassar Yaqub’s death closes, revelations emerge about who he really was, and Mobeen learns the truth about who runs the drugs trade in his hometown.

As the trial linked to Yassar Yaqub’s shooting comes to a close, new revelations emerge about who he really was. Mobeen’s investigation continues as he discovers that local teenagers are being groomed into dealing, and he’s forced to confront the truth about who is running the drugs trade in his hometown.

Hometown: A Killing

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Mobeen Azhar moves back to Huddersfield to cover the death of Mohammed Yassar Yaqub.

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

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 dead by police on an M62 slip road on a cold and wet January evening in 2017. Celebrated by his family as a loving son and beloved father, his death lead to protests on the streets of West Yorkshire and in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement a  ‘Justice 4 Yassar’ campaign was born. 

But with rumours of drug empires, money laundering and high performance cars, just days into his reporting of the case, Mobeen realises that there is a much bigger story in town. With violence on the streets and a town that is terrified to talk, Mobeen attempts to find out where the truth really lies in a journey that forces him to face some ugly truths about his community and hometown.

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