article_snippet.sent: Mr Afzal was one of a group of nine detained, all from Rochdale, including four children aged from one to 11.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Afzal last month quit the CPS despite being cleared of allegations suggesting Mr Afzal texted a defendant in a case.
article_snippet.sent: In the four-line email, Mr Afzal said there was 'no secret reason' why Mr Afzal was leaving after 25 years with the CPS.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Afzal proved Mr Afzal to be an outspoken advocate of bringing to justice those accused of the most heinous and sometimes sensitive offences.
article_snippet.sent: This included a move to overturn an earlier decision on an Asian Rochdale sex grooming ring that led to a series of convictions.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Afzal said that an over-sensitivity to political correctness and 'fear of appearing racist' by 'white professionals' may have stalled justice.
article_snippet.sent: More recently Mr Afzal was responsible for the successful conviction of disgraced former BBC presenter Stuart Hall.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Afzal also led the prosecutions of Coronation Street actors Bill Roache, who was cleared of rape, and Michael Le Vell, who was also acquitted of child sex abuse.