Mum, 51, tells of horror after drink was spiked on night out in ‘quiet bar’
A MUM has told how she was left unable to move her entire body and became "terribly ill" after her drink was spiked.
Hannah Cornwall, 51, believes her drink was drugged in a "quiet bar" while out with two friends on a Friday night.
The mum-of-three said she never thought it would happen to her because of her age.
Hannah, from Newquay, Cornwall, said she realised she had been spiked after being left unable to move and "terribly ill" from three drinks.
She told : "I was talking to another friend and I said how I just couldn't understand what happened.
"That's when she turned to me and said she thinks I was drugged.
"When she said it I knew that's what had happened.
"I just didn't think I would ever be the target of anything like that because I'm 51-years-old."
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She explained how she had been out with two friends at a Newquay bar when they left their drinks to pop to the loo, and another pal went to the bar to grab a drink.
When she got back from the toilet, Hannah finished her drink.
She said "one minute" they were having a normal conversation, and the next Hannah's head was on the table, her legs felt heavy and she couldn't move.
The mum told how from that point on her memory is "quite random," but pieced the rest of the horror night together after talking to her friends.
She explained after becoming "horribly ill" in the bar her friends put her in a taxi home.
Hannah said she was left feeling "dirty" and doubting herself the incident, but encouraged anyone who had experienced similar to report it to the police.
And as a mum to three daughters, Hannah said she is now "petrified" it could happen to one of them.
She said she had no idea how "commonplace" drink spiking was and didn't realise the sickos did not "discriminate about who they drug".
Hannah posted to Facebook about the terrifying incident, and said she was inundated with messages from men and women who had experienced similar.
She said the mount of messages left her "gobsmacked" and wants more training for bar staff about the epidemic.
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Hannah pointed out schemes to test drinks or keep them covered are difficult to execute because it's almost impossible to tell when it has happened.
And she insisted: "There's just too much responsibility placed on victims," to keep safe on nights out.
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