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Jury Hears Drugging Claim in Ex-Detective's Sex-Assault Trial

The case centers on consent with a doctor's report noting a superficial tear.

Overview

  • The complainant defended her Rohypnol claim under cross-examination, though she told the court she could not be certain she was drugged.
  • Former West Yorkshire detective Claudine Binns, 52, is on trial at Bradford Crown Court accused of assault by penetration and attempted assault by penetration from 2022.
  • Prosecutors say she first tried to use a sex toy without consent, then the next night pushed the woman onto her front and penetrated her after the pair had been drinking.
  • A June 2022 medical exam recorded a superficial tear in the area described by the complainant, which the doctor said could be caused by blunt force trauma.
  • Binns denies the allegations as malicious fabrication with a supposed financial motive, and she was suspended from the force and later retired.