UCL PhD student guilty of prolific sex attacks by drugging and raping 10 women

“Permanent Sexual Predator” was found guilty of drugs and rape 10 women before they covered them in a row Sex Attacks.

Zhenhao Zou, 27, introduced himself as “smart and charming young man”, but in fact he moved to vulnerable women, often, while they were semi-conscious and retained videos as “souvenirs”.

Student, who moved in Belfast in 2017. The year to study at Queen’s University before 2019. He came to London for the Magistration, and then the doctorate UCLHe denied all 35 charges.

Was convicted of rape three women Between September 2019. and 2023. May, while studying in London, while the other seven victims were attacked in China.

Police identified only two victims shown in their videos, while others remain unidentified.

First came for attention Met the police In May 2023. year, when one of the identified women claimed that he raped her after her did not allow her to leave her apartment in the elephant and castle, southeast London.

She did not continue at that moment, but later, in February 2024. investigators found a function on social media in which a woman, who cannot be appointed for legal reasons, gave their bill on what happened.

When contacted detectives, the alleged victim told them that 18. May 2023. Zou called for his friend’s apartment for a drink, then returned to his apartment.

They drank wine together, but she began to consider him “strange and boring” and wanted to leave, but he wouldn’t let her go, the court heard.

She said he was crying on the floor, and when she tried to escape she pulled her away, he dragged her for her clothes, before pushing her to drink a large glass of vodka, and then raped it while unconscious.

Police found videos of the alleged attack and graphic photographs alleged victims in the possession of Zoua by his arrest.

Another victim identified by the police, she received in contact with the first wife in response to the posts of social media that she made at LittleRedBook and Wechat giving her account about what happened.

She had a consensual sex with Zou once in September 2021. year, next month after dinner with friends, they found themselves on their own on the street in the Chinese neighborhood and remembers the vomit.

Its next memory is allegedly raped in their apartment. She told the police that she asked him to stop before she lost consciousness.

It is claimed that Zou had videos of him the rape of more other women while they were unconscious and could not agree.

The recording shows that two of them say stopping while fighting to stay awake, it is claimed that the student spoke to one of them: “Sound insulation is very good.”

The text messages exchanges him between him and the first identified victims in the days after rape, she told him “that you are so disgusting” and “you should feel guilty of what you did.”

Provision of evidence, Zou told jurors that his “Favorite” pornography Sleeping women are involved and that he viewed “specialist time” more than any other genres.

When asked by his lawyer Mark Cotter KC why did that special genre showed up, Zou said, “I like it because it seems that the girl is still quiet when they have sex.”

Mr. Cotter then asked Zou: “What about sleeping?”

The student replied, “Yes, that’s my favorite guy. But I couldn’t find that.”

He also said that he came into contact with cocaine, ecstasy tablets and ketamine from the parties and go to nightclubs in London, and bought Xanax after satisfying the dealer at the party, because he suffered from insomnia.

Zou said he was born in Guangdong Province in China Father who works in the State Company and Mother working as a teacher.

Between 2020. In July 2021. He returned to China for Covid Pandemic and said he was online for “a lot of time” during a pandemic, adding “sometimes, all day.”

Zou said he took over cosmetic operations in China, including hair transplantation and eyelid transplantation, adding that he often wore makeup.

He denied 11 points of rape, as well as three points of voyeurism, for the possession of an extreme pornographic image, one of the false prisons and eight possessions of the controlled drug with the intention of giving.

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