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Neil Shaw

Woman, 20, left 'paralysed' after being spiked in nightclub

A 20-year-old woman says she was left 'completely paralysed' after her drink was spiked while on a night out.

Ilana El-baz, 20, says she had no idea what state she was in when she got home until her partner showed her footage of her unable to move on the stairs.

She says her eyes were rolling and her head slumped.

In an interview with the BBC 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 wants clubs to serve drinks with lids - although there are now growing reports of women being injected on nights out.

Police chiefs said plain clothes officers were likely to be deployed in nightclubs.

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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