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Nottingham Post
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Darragh Berry & Christopher Harper

Woman's warning after friend captures terrifying moment someone tried to 'spike' her drink

A woman has issued a warning to others after her friend captured the scary moment her drink was 'spiked'.

The group of Dublin women were out partying on a two-week holiday on the Greek island of Zante.

On their third night they were having a great time when things took a scary twist, Dublin Live reported.

Gemma Reynolds, 22, said: "I was dancing away with my friends and one of them decided to take some pictures of the night out.

"As she was doing this, she caught one of the men trying to drop a pill of some sort in my drink."

Luckily for Gemma - who did not notice something had been dropped into her cup - her friend spotted the sneaky move.

She continued: "My friends started shouting 'don't drink it'. As soon as they said that, the two men started to run away.

"I hadn't even being socialising with these men. They were complete strangers and hadn't even tried to talk to us. They just came up behind me and did this.

"My initial reaction was to just throw the drink on the ground. I went up to the bouncers and gave them descriptions of the men but by that stage, they had probably cleared out of the place."

Just two days before the incident another one of the group was spiked with a date rape drug.

Gemma said: "We landed on the first night which was a Tuesday and my friend was spiked in one of the nightclubs.

"A date rape drug was put in her drink. We brought her to hospital immediately after she complained about not feeling well.

"She couldn't keep anything down and kept getting sick."

The spiking attempt has left Gemma feeling confused and furious.

She added: "I don't understand how people can be so vile as to try and ruin someone's holiday like this.

"Even here at home it can be so dangerous. Girls shouldn't have to be this careful on nights out but sadly that's what it has become."

"Don't ever be on your own. If my friends weren't there this would have had a very different and scary outcome.

"It doesn't even matter whether you're in possession of your drink or not. Even if it's in your hand, it needs to be fully covered when you're not drinking it."

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