Overview

• Zhenhao Zou, a University College London PhD student, was convicted of raping 10 women between 2019 and 2023, with potential evidence of over 50 more victims in London and China.
• Zou used dating apps and Chinese social platforms like WeChat to lure women to his flats, where he drugged, raped, and filmed them, keeping personal items as 'trophies.'
• Police uncovered 1,660 hours of footage and 6.5 trillion bytes of data, identifying at least 50 additional victims, many of whom remain unidentified.
• The Metropolitan Police have issued an international appeal, particularly targeting Chinese student communities, and are providing support to potential victims in multiple languages.
• Zou faces sentencing on June 19 and is described by police as one of the most prolific and dangerous sexual predators in UK history.