A gamer drugged his girlfriend to make her fall asleep so he could continue playing on his Xbox uninterrupted, a court heard.

The boyfriend put a sedative into his partner's tea after she returned home from work late one evening.

She fell asleep until noon the next day, allowing him to keep playing on the computer with his friend.

A gamer has been fined €500 after admitting to drugging his girlfriend so he play his Xbox uninterrupted

The 23-year-old, who has not been named, was fined €500 (£350) by a judge after he admitted the offence at a court in the German city of Castrop-Rauxel.

The boyfriend told the court that he 'only put four or five drops (of the sedative)' into her tea, it was reported by The Local.

But the now ex-girlfriend, 24, said she she slept solidly until lunchtime the following day in August last year.

The boyfriend admitted the offence at a court in the German city of Castrop-Rauxel (above)

She told the judge: 'Then I got up and drove to work although I was nodding off again and again.'

Sentencing him, the judge said: 'Your girlfriend slept long and deeply, which didn't harm her, but this is certainly a premeditated bodily harm.'

The boyfriend said had quit his drugs habit and is planning to start an apprenticeship.