Premi Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 AVOID NIGHTCLUBS AND BARS people! (Especially females!) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2x0ev00rzmo Spiking to be made specific offence in King's Speech Nick Eardley Role,Political correspondent Twitter,@nickeardleybbc 15 July 2024 The government is set to introduce a new law to make spiking a specific criminal offence in this week's King's Speech. It is expected to be included in more than 35 bills in the programme announced on Wednesday. Spiking is already a crime, covered by other pieces of legislation including the 1861 Offences against the Person Act. But Labour's manifesto, alongside the Conservatives', said creating a new, specific offence would help police better respond to incidents. More news on spiking 'My drink was spiked - now I have a brain injury'13 May 2024 Out on Soho police patrol amid 13% rise in spikings13 May 2024 Spiking is a plague on nightlife - Nightclub boss20 March 2024 Spiking is the action of putting a drug into someone's drink, or into their body through another method, without their consent. Police in England and Wales received 6,732 reports of spiking, including needle spiking, in the year ending April 2023. The Met police said reports of drink spiking increased 13% in July to December 2023 compared with the same period in 2022 – after a quadrupling in recent years. The force received 1,383 allegations of spiking in 2023 and the majority of cases happen in public places, particularly bars and nightclubs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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