Figures suggest that one force alone may have been told of 500 cases without a single conviction following, and just 27 arrests
Fresh concerns that the police are failing to take sexual violence against women seriously have been raised after figures appeared to show that a single force may have received reports of almost 500 incidents of drinks being spiked without a single conviction.
Meanwhile, nightclub chiefs accused police of not vigorously pursuing drink-spiking prosecutions, demonstrating that even when evidence was passed to officers, cases collapsed. Data from Avon and Somerset police suggests that it has recorded 486 drink-spiking incidents since 2016, which led to 27 arrests, but no successful prosecutions.
