Nazir Afzal, lawyer
Nazir Afzal, lawyer, shares the eight discs, book and luxury item he would want him if cast away on a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.
Nazir Afzal is a solicitor and the former chief crown prosecutor for north-west England. Among his notable cases, he brought the Rochdale sex grooming gangs to trial in 2012.
Nazir鈥檚 parents arrived in the UK from Pakistan in 1961 and he was born in Birmingham the following year. After completing his legal training he started his career as a defence lawyer but soon realised that he preferred prosecution to defence, joining the Crown Prosecution Service in 1991.
As director of prosecutions for London he turned his attention to so-called honour-based violence and brought successful prosecutions against the perpetrators of these crimes. In 2011 as chief crown prosecutor for north-west England he began investigating sex grooming gangs in Rochdale, overturning a previous CPS decision not to bring charges against the gangs. He brought prosecutions against nine men who were convicted and jailed in 2012 for the sexual exploitation of 47 young girls.
Nazir retired from the Crown Prosecution Service in 2015. He currently chairs the Catholic Church鈥檚 new safeguarding body and advises the Welsh government on issues of gender-based violence.
DISC ONE: Jump Around by House of Pain
DISC TWO: This Woman鈥檚 Work by Kate Bush
DISC THREE: Why Should I Cry for You? by Sting
DISC FOUR: One in Ten by UB40
DISC FIVE: Set You Free (Voodoo And Serano Remix) by N-Trance
DISC SIX: Woman in Chains by Tears For Fears With Oleta Adams
DISC SEVEN: One by Mary J. Blige & U2
DISC EIGHT: Talkin' Bout A Revolution by Tracey Chapman
BOOK CHOICE: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
LUXURY ITEM: A guitar
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: This Woman鈥檚 Work by Kate Bush
Presenter: Lauren Laverne
Producer: Paula McGinley
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House of Pain
Jump Around
- 90 Club Hits From The 90's.
- Warner Music UK Limited.
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Kate Bush
This Woman's Work
- The Sensual World.
- EMI.
- 10.
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Sting
Why Should I Cry For You?
- The Soul Cages.
- A&M.
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UB40
One In Ten
- The Best of UB40 Volume 1.
- Virgin Records Ltd.
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狈鈥怲谤补苍肠别
Set You Free (Voodoo And Serano Remix)
- All Around the World.
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Tears For Fears With Oleta Adams
Woman in Chains
- Shout: The Very Best Of Tears For Fears.
- Fontana.
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Mary J. Blige & U2
One
- The Breakthrough.
- Universal-Island Records Limited.
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Tracy Chapman
Talkin' Bout A Revolution
- Greatest Hits.
- Warner Music.
- 16.
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