# 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

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/rise-of-the-rhino-ket-rapists-how-predators-are-using-a-deadly-new-10-ketamine-strain-to-attack-women-as-middle-class-professionals-whove-destroyed-their-lives-tell-all-to-matthew-barbour/
- Published: 2026-07-25T10:41:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-28T01:23:06+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16003523/Rise-Rhino-Ket-deadly-attack-women.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Art, Culture, World

## Key points

- 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

## Summary

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.

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