Glass lids to cut drink spiking
An invention by an Exeter woman could ease the problem of drink spiking and date rape.
Dawn Dines is marketing plastic lids which stop drugs from being easily poured into glasses. Several police forces are backing them. Police figures and surveys indicate drink spiking is becoming more common. The lids are relatively easy to manufacture and cost about 10p each. They are being sold to pubs and clubs to give out to their customers.
Assaults increasing Anti-drink spiking lids have been available for bottles for some time, but Ms Dines' invention comes in a range of sizes to fit over most glasses. BBC South West Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Hall said: "Police figures and surveys indicate the problem of drink spiking is becoming more common, as are the rapes and sexual assaults which can often follow it. "Dawn Dines' invention has already got backing from several police forces." According to national figures, more than 60% of spiking takes place in pubs and clubs, and victims are most likely to be women aged between 18 and 30. Dawn Dines said of the invention: "I think for the community as a whole, it's going to make many people feel a lot safer.
"It's not a total prevention, but what it will do is make it a lot more difficult for someone to slip something into your drink."
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