Teens end up in A&E after being 'spiked with needles' on horror night out

Two teens have told how they were 'spiked' by a needle during a night out and ended up in hospital.

Pals Elle Vickers, 18, and Ellen Baldwin, 19, were enjoying a night at Fiction club in Stock-on-Trent when they believe they were injected with an unknown drug.

Neither of them can remember what happened after 'blacking out' in the early hours of Saturday morning (12 February).

But Elle says her first memory was waking up covered in bruises and scratches along with what appears to be a puncture wound in her thigh.

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Meanwhile, Ellen says she cannot recall what happened but was told police had taken her to the Royal Stoke University Hospital amid concerns for her well-being.

She was discharged within 30 minutes but the Keele University students returned twice to hospital later that day after seeking advice.

Now Staffordshire Police have launched an investigation into the 'spiking' incidents.

Both women agreed to share their ordeal with StokeonTrentLive after posting details of their ordeal on Facebook.

They also raised concerns that their terrifying experience was not taken seriously by the NHS with medics assuming they had simply drunk too much alcohol.

Meanwhile Fiction has moved to reassure clubbers that it takes 'robust action' to protect its customers with staff 'fully trained' on the issue of drink spiking.

Elle, from Cheadle, said: "Both of us blacked out and have no recollection of the vast majority of the night.

"My friend was taken to Royal Stoke by the police.

"I was alone for the rest of the night with no memory of what could of happened to me within this period of time. I woke up to find myself covered in bruises and scratches