A woman who believes she was spiked by an injection on a night out has told of her terrifying ordeal and issued a warning, saying 'nowhere is safe'.
Olivia Riley, 21, told how she woke up the day after with an 'unusual' mark on her leg and little memory of the night before.
The mark, she said, corresponded to a liquid stain found on her dress in the same place.
Olivia, who had been out with a friend in Leeds, said she was found barefoot by strangers collapsed on a road in her own vomit with her Louis Vuitton clutch bag and her shoes missing, reports Leeds Live.
After going to hospital and reporting it to police, she said she was told she was more than likely spiked.
Her ordeal comes as women across the country are increasingly reporting incidents of spiking on nights out.
In Manchester, the Manchester Evening News revealed yesterday how students have persuaded the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to launch a partnership to tackle drink spiking in the city following a reported increase in incidents around the UK.
Testing kits are expected to be distributed to major venues across the city region.
Olivia, from Stanley in Wakefield, said: "It didn't sink in at first.
"My family were really concerned - I'd heard of it happening in other places in Leeds but I never thought it would ever happen to me.
"I've never been in that state from drinking.
"I don't know why people do it. I never took my eyes off my drinks and I was sure I would've felt an injection.
"You can cover your drinks and be as careful as possible but I don't understand how you could stop a needle. I don't know what I could have done to stop it from happening.
"I hadn't drunk that much. The only way I could have avoided it is by not going out - and why should I have to put my life on hold because people are doing something sick like this?"
Olivia went out in Leeds on November 6 completely sober.
She had just got back from a holiday, and was looking forward to a night out with her friend.
Olivia said she had around six drinks in a bar during the night, which, she said, was less than she would usually drink.
Her bank records show she bought her last drink just after 10pm, and her friend's last drink was bought just before 11pm.
But she said she has no memory of leaving the bar.
"After about 10.30pm, my memory is completely gone," she said.
"I don't remember leaving. I was found on the other side of Leeds at around 11pm near Boar Lane, which I don't remember.
"I didn't have my bag or shoes.
"I was found in the street by a group of girls lying in my sick. I don't remember anything until I woke up fully clothed the next day."
The girls who found her used the missed calls from her boyfriend on her phone's locked screen to contact him so he could come and pick her up.
Olivia said her boyfriend told her she passed out immediately after they arrived home and he'd been unable to wake her.
"I didn't believe him," she added.
"I'm never sick when I go out - I can handle my drink. But then I took my dress off and found this mark.
"At first I didn't think anything of it but I sent pictures to my family and they said I needed to get it checked," she said.
Police came to her home to look at the mark and conduct tests.
They didn't find anything in her urine, but Olivia said she was told traces might have vanished within 12 hours - it had been 24 hours by that point.
She said that after talking to her and looking at the mark, police said she was most likely a victim of spiking - and agreed it looked like a needle mark.
Olivia said the mark has since scabbed over, as if there had been a puncture to her skin.
She said: "The police are investigating it and although I'll probably never find out who did this, I want to spread awareness and hopefully stop it happening to someone else.
"What really worries me is how many people have messaged me since saying it's happened to them too.
"One girl said she wouldn't have thought to report it if she hadn't seen my Facebook post.
"This just shows the importance of reporting anything suspicious, staying with friends - not being in situations alone.
"I'm very lucky I was found by the right people."
