Overview
- A Bradford Crown Court jury found Claudine Binns not guilty of assault by penetration and attempted assault by penetration after nearly four hours of deliberations.
- Prosecutors said the incident happened at Binns’s home in Holmfirth in 2022, with the complainant alleging non‑consensual penetration after consensual sex.
- Investigators recovered a sex toy from Binns’s home that carried the complainant’s DNA, which the jury heard alongside a prepared statement from Binns describing consensual activity.
- Binns denied the allegations, rejected claims of drink or food spiking, and pointed to negative drug tests and a police search with a drugs dog, while character references cited her 32‑year police career and commendations.
- West Yorkshire Police said the former detective inspector was suspended in May 2022 and retired that September, and the force will now consider internal misconduct proceedings.