‘It’s traumatic going to the police knowing they won’t be caught’

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“CCTV is not going to pick up a club packed with thousands of people below shoulder height.

“It’s traumatic going to the police knowing they won’t be caught.

“There will always be a problem but hopefully speaking out will deter the people who are doing this, to know people are aware of it and looking out for it.”

She also urged nightclubs to search guests and scan their ID. Sarah's ID was not scanned on the night of the incident which may make it difficult for police to investigate.

A petition urging the Government to make searching guests a legal requirement has now received more than 160,000 signatures.

Students are also planning a boycott of nightclubs this week in a call for clubs to do more to tackle spiking.

Sarah said the incident has left her paranoid and although she has been out since, she has not enjoyed it as much.

She said: “We have a right to be really terrified, I’ve not been drinking since, and I don’t feel any safer because you realise people are pushing up against you in a club, we can’t watch out for our whole bodies.

“It takes away the fun of going out.”

She added she would not go out now unless she was with close friends which means she had been avoiding socials in societies she is part of at university.

She said: “I don’t enjoy it nearly as much as I used to.

“I now wouldn’t go out with people who I didn’t know that well as you want them to take you home if something happens, have your family’s contact numbers.”

The Home Secretary has now ordered police to urgently investigate the rise of spiking in nightclubs around the country.

Nottinghamshire Police have made two arrests in connection with its spiking investigation – both men, aged 18 and 19 – but said these did not relate to any specific allegation of spiking by needle or drink.