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Detectives are investigating after six women found needle marks on their bodies after falling ill in Newcastle night clubs.
There are growing fears that a predator is injecting women with an unknown substance inside some of Newcastle’s favourite late-night venues with six women now telling police they have found needle marks on their bodies after partying.
At least one woman’s terrifying ordeal, where she quickly became ill and later lost consciousness before being hospitalised, includes hazy memories of an unknown man “hanging around” and trying to touch her as she battled to get her eyes to focus at the King Street Hotel on Friday night.
A photograph of the 20-year-old woman’s thigh appearing to show a needle stick and bruising after she quickly fell ill at King Street Hotel. Photo: Supplied.
Newcastle City detectives have been called in to investigate the claims, poring over security vision in an attempt to identify how the women ended up with the needle marks on their bodies without any of them feeling the injection.
Sienna Davis, whose social media post on her friend’s ordeal on Friday night went viral after being shared thousands of times, told The Newcastle News that she was part of a group of 11 who were celebrating Sienna’s 18th birthday at the King Street Hotel on Friday night.
Her friend suddenly began feeling ill about 10pm before sitting down to try and gather her composure.
By 11pm she was missing, with Sienna and her friends finding her in a daze at the Newcastle Interchange after tracking her phone.
Sienna said they were able to get her friend onto a Central Coast-bound train to take her home before she “passed out”.
A needle mark was found on her thigh and the 20-year-old woman would later spend a night in hospital.
Blood tests were taken and she will now have to take anti-HIV medication for six months
www.newcastleherald.com.au
Have you heard of needle spiking? Police concerned by reports at venues nearly 1,000km apart
Police in Victoria and NSW have raised concerns about the insidious criminal activity of needle spiking, with recent reports affecting women at venues in Echuca and Newcastle.
www.abc.net.au
Detectives are investigating after six women found needle marks on their bodies after falling ill in Newcastle night clubs.
There are growing fears that a predator is injecting women with an unknown substance inside some of Newcastle’s favourite late-night venues with six women now telling police they have found needle marks on their bodies after partying.
At least one woman’s terrifying ordeal, where she quickly became ill and later lost consciousness before being hospitalised, includes hazy memories of an unknown man “hanging around” and trying to touch her as she battled to get her eyes to focus at the King Street Hotel on Friday night.
A photograph of the 20-year-old woman’s thigh appearing to show a needle stick and bruising after she quickly fell ill at King Street Hotel. Photo: Supplied.
Newcastle City detectives have been called in to investigate the claims, poring over security vision in an attempt to identify how the women ended up with the needle marks on their bodies without any of them feeling the injection.
Sienna Davis, whose social media post on her friend’s ordeal on Friday night went viral after being shared thousands of times, told The Newcastle News that she was part of a group of 11 who were celebrating Sienna’s 18th birthday at the King Street Hotel on Friday night.
Her friend suddenly began feeling ill about 10pm before sitting down to try and gather her composure.
By 11pm she was missing, with Sienna and her friends finding her in a daze at the Newcastle Interchange after tracking her phone.
Sienna said they were able to get her friend onto a Central Coast-bound train to take her home before she “passed out”.
A needle mark was found on her thigh and the 20-year-old woman would later spend a night in hospital.
Blood tests were taken and she will now have to take anti-HIV medication for six months
Detectives investigate claims women were "injected" at Newcastle venues
A further two women have come forward to police reporting similar incidents
