Rise of the ‘Rhino Ket’ Rapists: How predators are using a deadly new £10 ketamine strain to attack women, as middle-class professionals who’ve destroyed their lives tell all to MATTHEW BARBOUR
An investigation reports on the rise of "Rhino Ket", a potent and dangerous strain of ketamine costing around £10, which is being used by predators to spike and sexually assault women. The drug's increased strength has coincided with a wave of assaults on middle-class professionals, several of whom have spoken publicly about how the attacks devastated their lives.
The report highlights how the cheap, easily obtainable substance has fuelled a growing pattern of drug-facilitated sexual assault, with victims describing lasting psychological and personal harm. Journalist Matthew Barbour spoke to those affected as part of a wider examination of ketamine's spread within nightlife and social settings.
- New "Rhino Ket" ketamine strain linked to sexual assaults on women
- Costs around £10, described as unusually potent and dangerous
- Victims, including professionals, share accounts of assault and its aftermath