by Richard McLaughlin | May 2, 2024 3:19PM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking
The UK’s first anti-spiking charity is calling for the government to make spiking a standalone offence. Despite the huge increase of spiking in clubs and bars, there is no single law for the act – instead it is prosecuted in conjunction with another crime. ...
by Alycia McNamara | May 2, 2024 11:46AM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking
Campaigners are calling on spiking to be made a stand-alone offence and change what they say is currently a victim-blaming system. Community-led group The Egalitarian campaigns on spiking and offers training to venues to help them tackle the crime. The group also...
by Holly Phillips | May 2, 2024 11:45AM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking
Four fifths of drink spiking victims are university students according to shocking new police data. The statistics revealed 81% of recorded victims were students, while a survey by university news site, The Tab, showed 11% of students believed they had been...
by Holly Phillips | May 2, 2024 11:42AM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking
Lorna Street was just 18 when she was spiked in her hometown of Norwich. She was in a near-empty club, when all of a sudden, she passed out in the toilet, coming in and out of consciousness, with little recollection of the night. She only had one glass of wine. She...
by Richard McLaughlin | May 1, 2024 11:31AM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking
The parents of a student who was killed by drink spiking are campaigning to modernise old-fashioned laws. Greg Mackie was 18 years old when he tragically died in November 2017 after his non-alcoholic drink was spiked with the equivalent of five ecstasy tablets. His...
