Italian woman tells how colleague spiked coffee to 'eliminate' her from job

Alice Bordon says she is still shocked co-worker drugged her to make her underperform

An Italian woman has described how a bitter workplace rivalry resulted in a colleague spiking her morning cappuccino with a sedative as job cuts loomed.

Alice Bordon, the target of the plot, told the newspaper La Stampa that she had always trusted the colleague and was still incredulous that she had tried to eliminate" her by slipping a tranquilliser into her coffee so that she would feel sleepy and underperform at work.