A Liverpool university has taken action following recent reports of student being spiked.
Liverpool Hope University has spoken out following the recent incident and said it has purchased some 'Nightcaps drink covers' to put students at ease when on nights out.
The drink covers are disguised as hair scrunchies and can be zipped open and placed over a drink to form a lid, which helps to discourage spiking.
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A spokesperson from the university said: "Following recent reports of drinks spiking within the student community, we've purchased Nightcaps drink covers for anyone who may be feeling anxious about going out into town.
"Nightcaps are available from Our Place, simply pop in and ask for one at any time."
Merseyside Police received 83 reports of 'spiking' in just two months, there was also a drastic increase in reports of 'spiking via injection' in this time.
The figures, released in response to a Freedom of Information request by The ECHO, showed that between Sep 1 - Oct 31 Merseyside Police received 49 reports of drink spiking.
Out of these reports 15 were in September and 36 were in October.
The force also received 34 reports of 'spiking via injection' in October alone.
This represents a drastic increase as in the previous two years, Merseyside Police had only received three reports of injection spiking (one in Dec 2019, one in Feb 2020 and one in June 2021.)
On October 26, there was a night long boycott of Liverpool's clubs following reports of an increase of spiking incidents
BaaBaa venue on Fleet street closed for the night in solidarity with protesters calling for an improvement of safety measures.
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