Women 'needled with date rape drugs' in nightclubs as police arrest man in ...

Women 'needled with date rape drugs' in nightclubs as police arrest man in ...
Women 'needled with date rape drugs' in nightclubs as police arrest man in ...

A teenager has claimed she was spiked by injection inside a Nottingham nightclub amid reports of women also being 'needled with date rape drugs' at venues in the Midlands, the northwest and Scotland.  

A man has been arrested by Nottinghamshire Police following three reports of women being spiked by injection at two nightclubs in the city in the last two weeks.

It follows similar reports in Liverpool, Edinburgh and Dundee of victims being pierced with a needle in their leg, hands and /or back before waking up with no recollection of the night. 

Detectives are currently reviewing toxicological reports to identify the substance contained within the needles.

Zara Owen, a 19-year-old university student, said she was spiked while out at Nottingham's Pryzm nightclub on October 11.

Zara Owen said she woke up 'with a limp' before finding a 'pinprick' on her leg the morning after attending Nottingham's Pryzm nightclub

Zara Owen said she woke up 'with a limp' before finding a 'pinprick' on her leg the morning after attending Nottingham's Pryzm nightclub

The entrance to Nottingham's Pryzm nightclub, where Ms Owen claims to have been spiked by a needle amid similar reports elsewhere in the UK

The entrance to Nottingham's Pryzm nightclub, where Ms Owen claims to have been spiked by a needle amid similar reports elsewhere in the UK

She recalled entered the venue with friends and made her way to the bar, but added that was the last thing she could remember before waking up in her bed the next day.

Ms Owen added that she woke up 'with a limp' before finding a 'pinprick' on her leg. 

The student tweeted: 'I woke up fine, no hangover or anything but a sharp agonising pain in my leg.

'I told my mum and she thought it might've been a pulled muscle but then I realised I didn't remember anything.

'I had to go to campus and I realised I had a massive limp. If my memory was there I would've neglected this but this is a thing that never, ever happens to me and it really confused me.

'I decided to go to hospital to get checked out but after eight hours of only having a triage and background info taken from me, I decided to go home.

'The next morning I felt my leg and examined it to a further extent as I didn't get any help medically. I touched the part where I was in the most pain and I found a pinprick. I had been spiked.

'I was in jeans. A needle went through thick denim straight into my leg.'

Stealth, another Nottingham nightclub, said it had also received reports of two women feeling unwell within the last fortnight as a result of being spiked. 

One 19-year-old woman said she was targeted with a mystery liquid as she left the venue in on October 12.

Ellie Simpson said her sister felt a 'pinch on the back of her arm' before blacking out and being taken to hospital, where blood samples were taken.

The entrance to Stealth, another Nottingham nightclub, which says it also received reports of two women feeling unwell as a result of being spiked

The entrance to Stealth, another Nottingham nightclub, which says it also received reports of two women feeling unwell as a result of being spiked

Nottinghamshire Police has said a local male has been arrested, but did not state which incident this is in connection with

Nottinghamshire Police has said a local male has been arrested, but did not state which incident this is in connection with

Ms Simpson, 21, added that she was 'in shock' and her sister had not been out clubbing since the incident took place.

She told the BBC: 'Normally she's the type of person that would stick up for herself,

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