Just on numbers alone, I have always felt a little sceptical of the
epidemic of drink spiking that is apparently sweeping the UK. This is a phenomena where assailants (presumably men) of bad intent are able to
somehow safely titrate a powerful drug into the drink of an unsuspecting victim with no reports of any deaths.
Yet - with a much much smaller sample size, it seems that actually giving drugs to random people is highly likely to lead to death.
Pretty sure I am missing something here.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz972klkpkxo
A couple who drugged men seeking sexual services in order to steal from--
them have been jailed for killing two men and poisoning others.
Adina Mihai and Madalin Dumitru admitted the manslaughter of Gary Mouat,
37, from Oxfordshire, and Malcolm King, 80, from Gloucestershire, in 2025
and 2024 respectively.
The pair also each admitted two further counts of administering poison to surviving victims on the first day of their trial in June.
Mihai and Dumitru were both sentenced to 17 years in prison at Oxford
Crown Court.
Mihai, who posed as a sex worker, and her partner Dumitru, arranged to
meet men paying for services she had advertised online at their homes.
The court heard four had their alcoholic drinks spiked with the powerful sedative gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) so the pair could steal from them.
Two men died as a result, while two others - who cannot be named due to reporting restrictions - survived.
Just on numbers alone, I have always felt a little sceptical of the
epidemic of drink spiking that is apparently sweeping the UK. This is a phenomena where assailants (presumably men) of bad intent are able to somehow safely titrate a powerful drug into the drink of an unsuspecting victim with no reports of any deaths.
Yet - with a much much smaller sample size, it seems that actually giving drugs to random people is highly likely to lead to death.
Pretty sure I am missing something here.
Just on numbers alone, I have always felt a little sceptical of the
epidemic of drink spiking that is apparently sweeping the UK. This is a phenomena where assailants (presumably men) of bad intent are able to
somehow safely titrate a powerful drug into the drink of an unsuspecting victim with no reports of any deaths.
On 2026-08-13, Jethro <jethro_UK@hotmailbin.com> wrote:
Just on numbers alone, I have always felt a little sceptical of the
epidemic of drink spiking that is apparently sweeping the UK. This is a
phenomena where assailants (presumably men) of bad intent are able to
somehow safely titrate a powerful drug into the drink of an unsuspecting
victim with no reports of any deaths.
Yet - with a much much smaller sample size, it seems that actually giving
drugs to random people is highly likely to lead to death.
Pretty sure I am missing something here.
Well no, you noticed it and ignored it: a sample size of 1 means nothing. Maybe these people are just complete idiots, even more so than normal.
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