A 15-year-old girl was targeted by a sexual predator pretending to be a Good Samaritan who took her back to his hotel room after he found her drunk and staggering in the street.
The schoolgirl had been out celebrating a friend's birthday in Manchester but was ejected from a bar for being too drunk when father-of-one Mark Topps spotted her on her own.
The 33-year-old took her by the hand and escorted her back to the nearby Travelodge where he sexually assaulted her.
Topps, who runs a car washing business, has been jailed for five years and eight months after admitting sexual assault at Manchester Crown Court.
The court heard the attack happened in September 2019 after the girl who cannot be named had gone to Manhatta, a New York inspired cocktail bar, in Manchester's Spinningfield's district.
Mr Alaric Bassano prosecuting said the group of friends drank prosecco with their meal and that the girl became incredibly intoxicated, swaying while walking and not making sense. She was eventually asked to leave the premises.
Pictured: Mark Topps has been jailed for five years and eight months after he targeted a vulnerable teenage girl who had been kicked out of a bar for being too drunk in Manchester
He added: 'The girl was taken away by her friend and put in a taxi but the driver later stopped and removed her from the vehicle.
'She was evidently extremely drunk and in a sorry condition when the defendant approached her.
'He walked to her purposefully at a pace and he engaged her when he caught up with her. He took hold of her hand and they walked off together.'
The court heard Topps took her in a taxi to the Travelodge where he walked with his arm round her up to his room, helping her to stay on her feet.
Mr Bassano said: 'Throughout the rest of the night the girl's friends were trying to call her and police were called when it was discovered she had not arrived at a friend's house where she was supposed to be staying.
'The girl herself has no recollection of events from the time she was at Manahatta until the time she woke up and was shocked to find that she was naked, with a naked man whom she did not recognise lying partially on top of her.
The court heard the 15-year-old girl had been ejected from Manhatta in Manchester where she was celebrating a friend's birthday and had drank prosecco with a meal in September 2019
'He observed her startled and confused demeanour and asked her what was wrong.
'She exclaimed "I've never seen you in my life, who are you?" and he faltered in his reply "Er...Josh".'
Mr Bassano told the judge the victim ran from the bed and got dressed before answering an incoming call from a friend.
'She told her friend she didn't know where she was and ran out of the room. The defendant followed her and she was still on the telephone
