by Nicole Collins | May 3, 2024 4:16PM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking
Lara Berridge had just finished her A Levels when she was spiked on a night out in Sheffield. It was 6pm on a Monday night in June, not a time particularly associated with risk, but as soon Lara finished her second drink, she felt drowsy. “I could tell that...
by Demi Koutouzi | May 3, 2024 10:34AM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking
A victim of drink spiking has spoken up about her ‘terrifying’ experience after being spiked and falling down the stairs at a Leeds venue. Sarah Horsley, 36, a behaviour support worker, went out for a meal with friends before continuing her night at a well-known bar...
by Thomas Burton | May 3, 2024 10:00AM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking, Uncategorized
New data has revealed only a fractional amount of spiking reports in the UK lead to a conviction, as experts warn tackling the wave of drink spiking is “almost impossible”. Between May 2022 and April 2023 police received 6,732 reports of needle and drink spiking, but...
by Nicole Collins | May 2, 2024 3:42PM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking
Police received 6,732 reports of spiking and 957 relating to needle spiking during the year to April 2023 – according to the latest government data. The Metropolitan Police have given the following guidance if you or a friend feel that you have been spiked. If...
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. ...
