Shocking moment woman gets spiked on purpose in new documentary to show how dangerous it can be – and reveals: ‘I am not in control of my body… I would be very vulnerable’
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This is the shocking moment a woman was spiked on purpose in a new Channel 4 documentary.
Kiss FM radio host Daisy Maskell, 23, put her body on the line in order to shine a light on the dangers and effects of drink spiking.
During Untold: The Truth About Spiking, which is available to stream from today, Professor Celia Morgan – an expert in psychedelic drugs at the University of Exeter – spiked Daisy’s drink under laboratory conditions.
Professor Morgan issued a limited amount of the drug used to keep Daisy safe and ensure no lasting effects.
But Daisy was left struggling to walk without holding onto a nearby wall and admitted: ‘I am not in control of my body… I would be very, very vulnerable.’
Kiss FM radio host Daisy Maskell (pictured), 23, put her body on the line in order to shine a light on the dangers and effects of drink spiking
In the past five years, drug spiking incidents reported to the police have increased five-fold, according to the programme.
Meanwhile, in 2022, a spiking incident was reported to the police every hour. But the percentage of those reports that are investigated and lead to a criminal charge has dropped from 4 per cent in 2018 to just 0.23 per cent last year.
‘Celia has just spiked my drink. I haven’t noticed anything yet but the drug is about to kick in,’ explained Daisy at the start of the segment.
‘This is a carefully controlled experiment. I’ve consented to what’s happening, and doctors are watching every step to make sure I’m safe.’
After finishing the spiked drink, the reported admitted: ‘Right now, within the past 30 seconds, something’s just hit. I can feel a big difference.’
She was then seen struggling to walk in a straight line, revealing: ‘I feel really big. I’m clinging onto the wall as well. I don’t think I’ve ever – sorry, it’s hit me again.
‘I actually don’t think I’ve ever felt as out of it as I feel right now in terms of feeling so out of my body and so detached and detached from reality.
‘I am not in control of my body at all and if I was not in the situation that I’m in right now, I would be very, very vulnerable.’
During Untold: The Truth About Spiking, which is available to stream from today, Professor Celia Morgan – an expert in psychedelic drugs at the University of Exeter – spiked Daisy’s drink under laboratory conditions
Speaking about the reason she agreed to be spiked, Daisy said: ‘If I can show people what it might look like if you or your friend have been spiked, maybe more people will come forward, maybe more people will be believed, maybe we can prevent people from getting hurt, and find out whether the law is strong enough to stop this.’
Professor Morgan added: ‘People out there, have just got complete carelessness for other people’s lives.
‘And they have no idea of what is a dose that will lead to someone’s death, or permanent disability. So, that’s the thing that I find really deeply upsetting.’
Elsewhere in the programme Daisy met people whose lives have been shattered by becoming victims of spiking, none of whom have seen their attacker brought to justice.
She also heard from a police and crime commissioner about how her force is focussing on prevention, as it is so hard to prove the crime with the current laws, and from a barrister who argued there is a powerful case to bring in a new law specifically making spiking illegal – both to help the police prosecute and to act as a specific deterrent.
Professor Morgan issued a limited amount of the drug used to keep Daisy safe and ensure no lasting effects. Pictured, Doctors watch Daisy to make sure she’s safe during the experiment
But Daisy (pictured) was left struggling to walk without holding onto a nearby wall and admitted: ‘I am not in control of my body… I would be very, very vulnerable.’
The Home Office was ordered by Parliament to write a report about the steps it’s taken – or intends to take – to tackle spiking.
The report was due in April this year. Six months after the deadline, it has yet to appear.
A Home Office spokesperson told UNTOLD: ‘Spiking is an abhorrent act that is already illegal and anyone who commits this crime faces up to ten years behind bars.
‘There has been a delay to the publication of the statutory report. We aim to publish this later in the Autumn.
‘We have invested [in] initiatives to tackle drink spiking, campaigns to raise awareness, and training for bar staff.
‘We have rolled out spiking-specific communications and campaign activity at summer music festivals and, currently, at universities across the UK.’
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