Justice Minister parly vow to help spiking victims

Push for improved testing capacity

- SALLY HIND

SCOTLAND’S new Justice Secretary has agreed to “improve the experience” of spiking victims after the Record revealed concerns over delays in testing.

Angela Constance was quizzed in Holyrood yesterday after we told how Police Scotland was outsourcing the testing of hundreds of extra samples a year in cases where victims are drugged while out in pubs or clubs.

One victim, Jess Insall, 20, waited 10 months for her results after a 34-hour delay in being tested. She told the Record the new testing capacity was long overdue as tougher new measures are proposed to tackle spiking predators.