Student, 18, ‘suddenly blacked out’ after being spiked by injection in nightclub

A teenager has been left “traumatised” after she was spiked by injection on a night out.

Georgia Hills, 18, said she “suddenly blacked out” while partying with friends in a nightclub on Saturday (23 October).

She was taken to A&E where a puncture wound was found in her leg, surrounded by bruising, the Lancashire Evening Post reports.

Hospital staff later confirmed that it was the result of a needle that had been jabbed into her muscle and now Georgia is waiting for blood test results to discover what drug was injected into her body.

Georgia said medics at the hospital were aware of two other women who had reportedly been spiked by injection at the same nightclub that evening.

Lancashire Police said they are aware of the incident and an investigation is underway.

‘I was completely out of it’

Georgia, who attends university in Liverpool, was enjoying a night out with friends in Preston after returning to her hometown for the half-term break.

They visited the Switch ‘superclub’ where she had a couple of drinks, but "nowhere near enough to get drunk".

Her night then took a sinister turn when she began feeling “strange”, “dizzy” and “out of it”.

"My friends were really shocked, but they thought I was just really drunk at that point," she said.

"I hadn’t drank much at all, nowhere near enough to get me anywhere near that state. And the fact that I don’t remember anything is really scary. I was completely out of it.

"The police have reviewed CCTV from the club and they say a man was seen lingering around me, but I don’t remember a thing.

"When I got back to my mates, they were really worried about me. I was all over the place and not like myself at all.

"They shone a phone in my eyes and they were shocked at how dilated they were. They said my pupils were really, really small and red. Like I was off my head on drugs.

"When I got home, my mum knew something wasn’t right. She said I wasn’t making sense and I was apparently telling her I had just got a taxi home from Liverpool.

"I didn’t know where I was or what was happening. I was completely confused. Nothing made sense and I had lost my memory completely."

Mum noticed bruising on one of her legs

The next morning, Georgia was still in the grip of the drug and was unable to make sense of what had happened to her the night before.

She began to suspect she had been spiked and then her mum Tammily noticed bruising on one of her legs.

"My mum spotted the bruise and when she looked closer she found a pinprick. It is really sore and feels like it has gone deep inside my muscle.

"She took me to A&E and the doctors said I’d been jabbed with a needle of some sort. They said they’d seen two other girls that day with the same symptoms.

"They took five tubes of blood and are running tests to find out what type of drug was used.

"I can’t believe it happened to me. It’s disgusting and scary and I’m traumatised by what’s happened and what could have happened."

‘It’s really violating and disgusting’

She added that she was scared that she may have also contracted a disease from a dirty needle.

She said: "It’s really violating and disgusting because they could have given me Hepatitis or anything by jabbing me with it. It’s a horrible feeling."

Georgia has bravely shared her story and says she wants to encourage others who might have experienced something similar to report their concerns to police.

She said: "I want to warn others. There might be girls who were spiked that night and don’t even realise. They might think they just had too much to drink and feel embarrassed.

"But I urge them to check for needle marks and report anything suspicious to police so they can properly investigate.

"I’d also like to warn women to always be on guard and aware of what’s happening around them in clubs and pubs.”

Georgia says she wants to see clubs checking people upon entry to prevent date-rape drugs from being smuggled inside.

What the nightclub said

Switch published a post on Facebook addressing concerns over drink spiking, without referring to the alleged incidents inside the club over the weekend.

It said: "We are very aware of the recent increase of reports surrounding drink spiking across the UK.

"Customer safety is paramount to us, and we pride ourselves on having the least amount of police incident reports cases, despite being the busiest venue in Preston."

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