Students blast Durham University bosses for 'victim blaming' over drink spiking ...

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Students have blasted Durham University bosses for a tweet saying they can 'prevent' being spiked.

Durham University Student Wellbeing wrote on Twitter 'don't get spiked' and advised people to protect others by reporting cases to police.

The post, which has now been deleted, read: 'Drink Spiking is dangerous and something that you can prevent from happening to you and your friends.

'#dontgetspiked Contact the police as soon as possible in a suspected case so an investigation can be conducted and others protected.'

Durham Students' Union President Seun Twins was one of the hundreds of people who criticised the post, branding it as 'victim blaming.'

She said: 'This victim blaming messaging is extremely dangerous. What was this supposed to achieve other than to divert attention away from predators and predatory behaviour? Disappointed for

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