The mother of murdered student Libby Squire called for tougher action to combat cases of drink spiking as she revealed that her belief that both of her daughters were targeted.
Lisa Squire, 51, spoke out amid a spate of recent reports of drink spiking as police figures confirmed there have been almost 200 confirmed cases in September and October alone, with 24 reports of 'spiking injection'.
Her eldest daughter Libby, who was a student at the University of Hull, was raped and murdered by Polish butcher Pawel Relowicz during a night out in 2019.
Speaking to The Mirror, Ms Squire said she believed Libby's drink was spiked a year and a half before she died.
She said: 'She'd been out partying and she fell off a flight of stairs or something. I said to her, "How much had you drunk?" and she said, "Not that much, but I feel terrible, I've got a headache, I don't really remember what happened. I feel like I've got this massive fog over me".
'I said to her, "It sounds to me like you've been spiked." The after-effects were different from her normal post-alcohol evenings.'
The mother of murdered student Libby Squire called for tougher action to combat cases of drink spiking as she revealed that her belief that both of her daughters were targeted
The mother also revealed her fears that her youngest daughter Beth, who recently started a university degree, may also have been targeted.
She added that the spate of spiking cases are 'another safety issue' and suggested the police should be doing more by asking: why should we put the onus on the women to keep themselves safe?'
When Libby missing, it was initially feared that her drink may have been spiked, but subsequent toxicology reports found no signs of drugs.
Married father-of-two Pawel Relowicz dumped Libby's body in the River Hull
