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Three women who feared they’d been needle spiked given all-clear

Fun VLOG October 25, 2021
A trio of women who thought they’d been spiked with needles after falling unwell while out clubbing had no illegal drugs in their bodies.
24 people have reported being spiked by injection in the last two months (Picture: Getty)

A trio of women who thought they’d been spiked with needles after falling unwell while out clubbing had no illegal drugs in their bodies.

Toxicology investigations were carried out on the trio who partied in bars and nightclubs in Exeter on Tuesday and Wednesday.

They reported their concerns to Devon and Cornwall police but it found nothing to suggest that they had been spiked or ‘drugged in another manner’.

Tests were unable to establish what had happened to a fourth woman as it was too late to detect whether she had anything in her system.

Police hoped the results would give the women ‘reassurance’ after a spate of suspected spiking incidents across the country.

A spokesperson said: ‘We continue to encourage those who feel unwell to raise this with door or bar staff at the earliest opportunity.

‘We hope that these clear tests will give peace of mind to these four women that they were not victims of spiking.’

Figures from the National Police Chiefs’ Council showed 24 people have reported being spiked via some form of injection in the past two months.

During what was supposed to be an exciting night out during Freshers' Week for university student Sarah Buckle, she woke up in hospital with no memory of how she got there and a throbbing pain in her hand. The 19-year-old, who is studying at the University of Nottingham, later discovered she had likely been spiked via a needle to the back of her hand while out in a nightclub. Sarah has spoken to ITV News about her
Sarah’s ordeal ruined what was set to be an exciting night out for the freshers (Picture: Sarah Buckle)
A university student has claimed she was spiked by a needle while out at Nottingham's Pryzm nightclub. Zara Owen, 19, who is studying French and Spanish at the University of Nottingham, was out with friends on Monday, October 11. She said she entered the nightclub on Lower Parliament Street and made her way to the bar - but that is the last thing she can remember before waking up in her bed the next day. It comes as another nightclub, Stealth, said it had also received reports of two women feeling unwell, who suspected they may have been spiked when Nottinghamshire Live contacted them for a comment about Zara's experience. Stealth said it is working with police who are investigating the incident.
Zara Owen believed she was spiked by a needle while clubbing (Picture: Nottingham Post/BPM Media)

There have been a further 198 incidents of drink spiking reported to UK police in September and October.

Concerns about women being drugged with needles were raised after two University of Nottingham students spoke about their experiences.

Sarah Buckle, 19, suddenly became violently sick and had to be taken to hospital on a night out in her freshers’ week.

During what was supposed to be an exciting night out during Freshers' Week for university student Sarah Buckle, she woke up in hospital with no memory of how she got there and a throbbing pain in her hand. The 19-year-old, who is studying at the University of Nottingham, later discovered she had likely been spiked via a needle to the back of her hand while out in a nightclub. Sarah has spoken to ITV News about her
A possible pin prick surrounded by inflammation on the back of Sarah’s hand (Picture: Sarah Buckle)

Another 19-year-old, Zara Owen, similarly said she blacked out on a night out at Pryzm and in the morning found she had a sharp pain in her leg.

Two teenagers were arrested on Friday on suspicion of ‘conspiracy to administer poison with intent to injure, annoy or aggrieve’ and were being questioned.

A pub in the city plans to turn itself into a mini club for a weekly girls-only night.

The Playwright manager Josh Wheelhouse promised to ‘organise workshops to educate women on what to do in situations that would put them at risk’.

But Scotland’s health secretary Humza Yousaf has said the focus should be on ‘taking action’ against men who spike women’s drinks, as opposed to punishing or limiting venues.

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