Broadcaster Kate McCann reveals she woke up on her bathroom floor at 4am after her drink was spiked

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Broadcaster Kate McCann has revealed she woke up on her bathroom floor at 4am after her drink was spiked by “a group of brazen men” at a London bar.

The Times Radio host stated she and her mates had been focused by a group of males who had been “so brazen” they “didn’t care who saw”.

Ms McCann, 35, stated she and her colleagues had ordered their drinks and began shifting to their desk when considered one of her co-workers noticed the group.

She advised her Sunday morning politics present: “A friend of mine, a colleague, said ‘I think I just saw someone try to put something in our drinks, and at that point I’d already taken a sip, but we thought, right it was only one sip. Maybe it wasn’t in my drink, I’m sure it will be fine.”

They put all their drinks again at the bar and requested for recent drinks however sadly, it was too late.

The journalist stated: “Even though I’d only had a sip, it became clear about 20 minutes or so later that I started to feel quite strange.

“I felt very hot, just didn’t feel right. I went to the loo and I couldn’t focus. I couldn’t sit straight, I couldn’t stand straight and I couldn’t really see.”

The broadcaster stated she managed to e book an Uber and get herself residence however stated she didn’t “remember that car journey.”

She added: “I suspect I wasn’t awake for it. And I don’t remember getting into the house. I woke up at 4 o’clock in the morning on the floor in my bathroom.”

Data from the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), seen by The Independent in September, revealed there have been 6,732 reported spiking offences between May 2022 and May 2023 – together with 957 needle spiking offences.

Figures confirmed there have been a mean of 561 reported spiking offences per 30 days throughout this era – with the policing physique stating the information contains modified vapes and meals which have been spiked.

Official statistics on spiking will not be routinely revealed, however in December 2022, the NPCC stated that between September 2021 and September 2022 almost 5,000 instances of needle and drink spiking incidents had been reported to forces throughout England and Wales, with the big majority (74 per cent) of the victims being ladies.

However, campaigners have warned the figures are solely the tip of the iceberg as many victims don’t come ahead as they concern not being taken critically or really feel an excessive amount of disgrace.

In truth, in accordance with a YouGov ballot of 1,690 adults from December 2022, as many as one in each 10 British ladies, and one in each 20 British males, has had a drink spiked.

According to the charity Stamp Out Spiking, virtually all (97 per cent) of these is not going to have reported what occurred to the police, with the explanations given together with that victims “didn’t think there was enough evidence” (54 per cent), they “didn’t realise until it was too late” (35 per cent), they usually “didn’t think the police would believe” them (29 per cent).

Ms McCann stated: “It was a really horrible experience actually. I wouldn’t wish it on anybody. But what’s really interesting is, I tweeted about it last night and I was just looking through the number of people who’ve replied to that saying, “it’s happened to me”.

“Or actually, what’s really surprised me is, “It’s happened to my son or my husband”. Quite quite a lot of males it appears to occur to.”

In a put up on X, she wrote: “It was awful and I was lucky. Still don’t understand why they did it. It’s SO scarily common.”

She additionally described the highly effective results of being spiked, saying: “The one thing I would say about whether people get confused about just being too drunk is that being spiked feels nothing like being drunk – even really really drunk.

“It’s a totally different and really horrid feeling which you know isn’t just alcohol. Like being out of your body.”