A 31-year-old man has been jailed after he spiked a woman's drink with cocaine in a nightclub, before sexually assaulting her while she was unconscious and accessing her mobile banking account.
Sean Howarth used the victim's imprint to open her phone and access her account after assaulting her in a 'premeditated violation', police said.
Howarth went to a nightclub in Manchester city centre in February 2019 where he joined a group of women.
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He then made unwanted advances to one of the party and offered cocaine to one of her friends, police said.
At some point during the evening, Howarth spiked the victim's drink with cocaine.
After the victim - who was 19 at the time - became unwell and incoherent, he lured her away and took her to a hotel in Rochdale, where he had a room booked.
Howarth told the night porter the woman was his sister and just needed to sleep off too much alcohol.
He then carried the unconscious victim down the hallway, which was caught on CCTV, and into his room.
Once inside the room, Howarth recorded himself pulling down the lower clothing off the unconscious victim and sexually assaulting her.
While the victim was unconscious, he used her thumbprint to access her mobile phone.
He then transferred all the money from her bank and into his and photographed her personal details, including emails, passwords, social media accounts and Apple ID.
Detective Constable Russell Clarke, of Rochdale CID, said: "The circumstances of this case are truly shocking and involved the premeditated violation of a young woman.
"Howarth gave her no consideration as he exploited her in order to satisfy his own sexual and financial greed.
"He went out that night and, at some stage, decided he was going to drug, lure away and sexually abuse this young woman who was simply enjoying a night out with friends.
"If that wasn't enough, he then further exploited her by stealing her money, phone and personal information.
"The impact that this has had on her is immeasurable and my thoughts are with her as she continues to come to terms with what happened.
"She has shown considerable courage in the face of everybody's worse nightmare.
"Throughout the investigation, Howarth failed to take full responsibility for his predatory behaviour.
"I hope this conviction will act as a warning to all others capable of such crimes that we will do everything within our power to bring them to justice"
Howarth was sentenced to seven years in prison, and will have to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life.
