A DEPRAVED predator has been found guilty of drugging and raping women then filming sick videos to keep as souvenirs.
Zhenhao Zou “stupefied” his victims using vast amounts of alcohol or drugs to fulfil his twisted sexual fantasies.
Zhenhao Zou has been convicted of rape
The 27-year-old would then carry out horrific sex attacks, which he filmed to keep as “souvenirs” that he could watch back for his “own private sexual gratification”.
Zou was today found guilty of raping women between 2019 and 2023 following a trial.
Jurors were told Zou first came to UK in 2017 to study engineering at Queen’s University in Belfast.
In 2019, he began a master’s degree at University College London before beginning a PhD there in 2021.
The court heard between 2019 and 2023, he raped two of the women in London, while the other eight were at unknown locations in China.
Prosecutor Catherine Farrelly, KC, said previously: “To the outside world, Zhenhao Zou undoubtedly presents as a smart and charming young man.
“However, as you know from the indictment in this case which contains 35 allegations against him, the prosecution says that he is also a persistent sexual predator, a voyeur and a rapist.”
The case was based on videos found on his mobile phone and two cameras also seized from his home.
One of the recordings showed Zou stood over a woman, who appeared “upset”.
He could be heard encouraging her to finish her drink as she begged to go home.
Zou claimed some of the women were “role playing” and all consented to any footage that was taken of them.
In his evidence, the fiend gave a chilling insight into his warped fantasies and revealed his “favourite” type of porn involved sleeping women.
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PAOne of the devices recovered by officers[/caption]
He said he preferred it when the women “appear to be still and quiet when they are having sex”.
When asked by his lawyer Mark Cotter KC if he liked women being asleep, he continued: “Yes, that’s my favourite type. But I could not find that.”
Zou told jurors he instead watched “specialist timestop” pornography.
Haunting videos recovered by police showed victims being raped while they were unconscious or semi-conscious and slurring their words.
In one, the woman appeared to have bruising to her eye, cheek bone and above the eye brow.
Another victim, who was drugged but conscious, cried out “I don’t want” as she was attacked by Zou.
Officers raiding Zou’s flat in London and found a variety of date rape drugs including Ketamine, Xanax and MDMA.
They also discovered multiple 500ml bottles of Butanediol, which is made into well-known date-rape drug GHB by the body when swallowed.
Zou denied 35 charges against him – including 11 charges of rape, 12 of possession of an extreme pornographic images and three counts of voyeurism.
He was also charged with one of false imprisonment and eight counts of possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply.
The predator has been remanded into custody ahead of sentencing.
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