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William Walker

Student, 20, left 'completely paralysed' after being spiked at nightclub

A university student has told how she was left 'completely paralysed' after her drink was allegedly spiked at a nightclub.

Footage shows student Ilana El-baz, 20, slumped on a staircase after she returned home from a night out in Bristol some weeks ago.

The undergraduate student can be seen struggling to get up a flight of stairs while her eyes rolled and her head slumped on to the bannister, the Mirror reports.

She believes she was spiked and has called for more to be done to protect clubbers, including using lids on drinks, like takeaway coffees.

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In an interview with the BBC, with whom she shared the footage, she said: "I basically got spiked at a nightclub in Bristol and I only knew it happened when I saw the videos of it.

"And looking back on it I could have predicted it happening. Luckily I was with friends.

"Looking back on it, this guy spiked me and the moment I told him 'oh, I'm with my boyfriend' he asked me if I wanted to dance with him, and the moment I was like 'I'm with my boyfriend' he left me completely.

"And like an hour later I went back home and it hit and I was completely paralysed.

She called on nightclubs to do more to prevent spiking and said they should pit lids on drinks, like with takeaway drinks.

She said the fact this doesn't happen was 'shocking.'

It comes as dozens of young women came forward telling of their terror in finding a prick in their arm or leg realising they had been spiked by injection in nightclubs.

Several said they were avoiding clubs and house parties as a result - or were wearing thick denim to protect themselves.

Police chiefs said plain clothes officers were likely to be deployed in nightclubs although women's' groups warned some women struggled to trust forces in the wake of Sarah Everard's murderer.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has requested an urgent update from police following harrowing reports of women being injected at nightclubs across the country.

Universities have said they are working with bars and police to help ensure students' safety after the reports.

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