Moazzam Tariq, who was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman after plying her with alcohol, failed to show up for his sentencing in Toronto on Thursday and is believed to have fled to Vancouver.

Moazzam Tariq was caught on video pouring vodka down a woman’s throat, slapping her on the buttocks and grinding against her on a couch at a downtown club in July 2015.

Tariq's surety, his father, pulled bail a week ago after he could not reach his son in Vancouver. Judge: Finds he's absconded. @CityNews pic.twitter.com/BYBVD5336w — marianne boucher (@CityCourtsTO) December 1, 2016

The pair then made their way to the Thompson Toronto where hotel security cameras showed Tariq booking a room.

The woman told the court she had little memory of what happened that night, saying she only remembered him being on top of her and her saying ‘no’ on a few occasions.

Justice Mara Greene ruled that the victim was too inebriated to consent to sex, and found Tariq guilty of sexual assault.

But Tariq failed to show up for sentencing on Thursday.

Crown has started process to issue a Canada wide warrant for convicted rapist Moazzam Tariq.

Woman files victim impact statement. — marianne boucher (@CityCourtsTO) December 1, 2016

Defence lawyer Danielle Robitaille told the judge that repeated efforts to reach her client were unsuccessful. Tariq’s father said his son travelled to Vancouver for business recently, then ceased contact with him.

As a result, Tariq’s father removed himself as his surety a week ago.

“Mr. Tariq has actively chosen not to come to court to avoid his sentence, he has absconded,” the judge said on Thursday.

The hearing continued with the victim impact statement, but the judge set a return sentencing date of December 19 should Tariq return or if he’s arrested and brought back to Toronto.

“You made me feel ashamed, you made me feel unsafe, violated in the worst way, like I had done something to deserve this,” the victim said in her statement.

“You took so much from me that night…my dignity and my self worth. But you will not break me.”

The Crown is seeking a prison sentence of two to four years.