Sharon Gaffka says it could also mean emergency services 'know what they're doing in the future' in potential spiking cases.
An ex-Love Island contestant whose drink was spiked is hoping that making it a specific crime will help educate people on the issue and reduce victim shaming. Sharon Gaffka was left unconscious in a restaurant toilet cubicle after the incident four years ago. She said paramedics dismissed her as being drunk, no one was prosecuted and she was never given her blood test results by the hospital.
Ms Gaffka, who appeared in the 2021 series of Love Island, said her spiking incident happened in the daytime in a restaurant. Most reported incidents happen in public places - with almost half in bars, followed by nightclubs, according to data from the National Police Chiefs' Council. Police in England and Wales received 6,732 reports in the year to April 2023 - with 957 relating to needle spiking.
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