A woman who spiked a complete stranger’s drink has narrowly avoided jail after claiming that it was meant as a joke, and that she thought the drink belonged to her friend.

Paige Myers, 21, poured poppers into a drink at a pub in Prudhoe, Northumberland, last April, while the victim was in the toilet.

When the victim returned, she realised something was wrong with her drink.

Prosecutor Rachel Butt said: ‘She smelled it and described it as having a strong smell, causing her to feel dizzy, spaced out and head pounding. She began to panic.’

The victim spoke to the pub landlady who used CCTV to identify Myers, who was on a night out with friends.

Sure enough, the drink was tested and found to contain poppers, which are usually sniffed. Not sure what drinking a glass of them would do to a person, but I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be anything good.

The victim tracked Paige Myers down on social media and had a go at her, after which Myers offered to pay £500 to charity to avoid further action.

The victim wasn’t having any of it however, and Myers was soon arrested.

At trial, Myers admitted adding poppers to the victim’s drink, but denied administering poison, and was then found guilty.

In the end, the judge handed her a six-month sentence suspended for 18 months.

Recorder Peter Makepeace said: ‘It was a very, very seriously reckless act. I have no doubt you didn’t intend to cause serious injury or perhaps any injury but it was a reckless thing to do. It was no less dangerous than throwing a bottle up in the air and taking chances as to where it might land.’

Not even sure I believe that Paige Myers intended to spike a friend’s drink, to be fair. Seems like she thought it would be funny to do it to a random stranger and then sit back and laugh as they began to feel the effects. Who knows how the victim could have ended up if she actually took a swig of the drink and swallowed the poppers? At that point, anything could have happened to her by the end of the night.

With that in mind, Myers is certainly very lucky to avoid a jail sentence because it doesn’t even really sound like she understands the implications of what might’ve been. Oh well, let’s hope she behaves herself from now on.

To meet the kid who thought it would be funny to spike his dad’s drink with cattle tranquilisers, click HERE.