"The disciplinary inquiry was launched by Manchester city council, where Binks was then assistant chief executive, last summer after complaints by young female employees about sleazy and creepy behaviour on a night out last November. Binks took over as chief executive in Rochdale in April. The investigation by the law firm Weightmans LLP upheld a complaint that Binks had inappropriately touched and grinded on a junior female employee at Manchester council in a city centre bar."
"Sara Rowbotham, the former deputy leader of Rochdale council whose role in bringing the grooming scandal to light was popularised by the BBC drama Three Girls, said: There are serious questions about why Manchester city council failed to alert Rochdale that they were investigating the chief executive and why having been given a redacted copy of the report it sat with legal officers for a month without coming up with options."
James Binks was suspended from his 200,000 a year chief executive role at Rochdale council after being found to have inappropriately touched a junior colleague who was a care leaver. Manchester city council launched a disciplinary inquiry last summer following complaints from young female employees about sleazy and creepy behaviour on a night out. The law firm Weightmans LLP upheld a complaint that Binks had inappropriately touched and grinded on a junior female employee in a city centre bar. Manchester did not inform Rochdale of the inquiry until 24 October, two months after receiving the complaints. Rochdale received a redacted copy of the report but legal officers reportedly held it for a month without proposing options. Councillors and a local MP raised concerns given the council's history with grooming scandals and called for reassurance to women.
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