Greg Mackie, 18, died in a suspected drink-spiking incident while studying Film and Media in Edinburg.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?
The tragic teenager collapsed in his halls of residence, and a toxicology report found he had the equivalent of five ecstasy tablets in his system but no trace of alcohol.
MOTHER’S CONCERNS
His heartbroken mother Mandy Mackie – now a spiking awareness campaigner – said she believed her son was ‘murdered‘ after a substance was slipped into his soft drink, but nobody has ever been identified as being responsible.
NUMBER OF SPIKE CASES IN SCOTLAND
It comes as the number of spiking cases recorded by Police Scotland has risen rapidly over the past five years, according to STV’s Scotland Tonight which is set to be broadcast this evening.
Since 2023 some 168 spiking cases have been reported to police in Scotland, the broadcaster said, but only nine of those passed onto the Crown Office.
The others were deemed to be lacking in evidence.
Scotland Tonight reported that in 2019 just 44 suspected spikings were reported, but the number increased to 295 in 2021-22.
It comes as the number of spiking cases recorded by Police Scotland has risen rapidly over the past five years, according to STV’s Scotland Tonight which is set to be broadcast this evening.
