The woman remembered leaning against a street sign outside a Kings Cross nightclub, wearing a blue dress and taking off her high heels.

Soon she was in a car, which she thought was a taxi delivering her home after a day partying with friends at the races, the casino, and bars in Sydney.

The car was actually an Uber, driven by Muhammad Naveed, who picked up the young woman while he was taking a break.

Naveed, 41, stopped at a service station in the eastern suburbs to buy condoms, before parking in a dark side street and moving the woman to the back of the car.