Chinese PhD Student Convicted of Drugging and Raping 10 Women; Police Fear Over 50 More Victims

Zhenhao Zou, 28, targeted young Chinese women in London and China, using drugs to incapacitate them and filming the assaults as police launch an international appeal to identify additional victims.

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.