Woman caught on video spiking stranger's drink in pub, then tried to pay her off

PAIGE MYERS, 21, HAS AVOIDED JAIL AFTER SPIKING THE WOMAN'S DRINK KALI LINDSAY Durham Reporter and CHRIS SLATER-MEN 13:03, 30 May 2025 A drinker landed herself in court after spiking a

woman's drink with poppers. Paige Myers, 21, later agreed to pay her victim £500 after pouring the substance into her drink whilst she was in the toilet. Myers claimed she thought the

drink belonged to a friend, and it was a 'joke.' Newcastle Crown Court heard the victim was in a pub in the town of Prudhoe, in Northumberland, on April 20 last year when the

incident happened. The victim went to the toilet and returned but when she returned believed her drink smelled funny, became dizzy and spaced out, the court was told. Myers was captured on

CCTV pouring a substance into the victim's drink, Chronicle Live reports. Article continues below Rachel Butt, prosecuting, said: "At 10.30pm [the victim] went to the bathroom and

left her drink on the table where the defendant, who she did not know, was sitting. "CCTV captured the defendant removing an object from her left pocket, later discovered to be liquid

gold poppers, and pouring it into [the victim's] drink on the table in front of her before returning the drink to its normal position. "[The victim] returned to the table and

picked up her drink. She smelt the drink and described it as having a strange smell, causing her to feel dizzy, spaced out and her head to be pounding. She then began to panic." Ms Butt

told the court the defendant was identified by the landlady on CCTV and was contacted by the victim via Facebook. The victim attempted to call the defendant but she did not answer, Ms Butt

said. The following day, she contacted her again, and it was agreed the defendant's family would pay her money, Ms Butt said. The money would go to charity and the victim said she would

take no further action, the court was told. The defendant met with the victim and gave her in the region of £500, Ms Butt said, but the money was later returned to the defendant. Ms Butt

said: "There were multiple messages over the following day which resulted in [the victim] reporting the incident to the police on April 22. Police attended [the victim's] address

and seized the drink as she had taken it from the public house." Ms Butt said the drink was analysed and poppers were detected. The defendant was interviewed by police and accepted she

poured a' 'small amount' of liquid gold poppers into the drink in what was supposed to be a 'joke' and believed the drink belonged to a friend, Ms Butt said. Myers

admitted administering a poison, namely amyl nitrite, known as poppers, to the victim, on the basis the woman did not drink it. Recorder Makepeace said the defendant had shown remorse and

described her actions as 'seriously reckless.'. He added: "You were and remain utterly ignorant to how a substance might have affected your intended recipient." He added:

"It was a very, very serious and reckless act. It was a wildly reckless thing to do. No less reckless than throwing a bottle up in the air and taking a chance as to where it might

land." Article continues below Recorder Peter Makepeace said he was satisfied the defendant took responsibility, was genuinely remorseful and made no effort to blame anyone else. He

added: "I take comfort from that fact and believe it was genuine." Myers, of Priestclose Road, in Prudhoe, Northumberland, was sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for

18 months. She was ordered to complete 20 rehabilitation days, 120 days alcohol abstinence requirement and must complete 118 hours of unpaid work.