A Winnipeg man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for serious assaults against his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter.

Court heard that the man drugged and raped the child and livestreamed video of himself assaulting her.

The 30-year-old, who cannot be named to avoid identifying the victim, was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to sexual interference and child pornography charges.

The court was told that between January and August 2017, the man repeatedly abused his stepdaughter while her mother was at work.

He joined what his trial heard was an online club for child sexual abuse in which he shared pictures, videos and a livestream of himself assaulting the youngster.

The man told other club members he put sleeping pills in the girl's milk prior to abusing her and also threatened to push her into a fire if she revealed the abuse.