Jurors shown videos of student allegedly raping nine women in China and London
Jurors shown videos of student allegedly raping nine women in China and London
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Jurors have been shown multiple videos of a Chinese PhD student allegedly raping nine women in London and China. Zhenhao Zou, 27, allegedly filmed himself raping the women in different locations on dates between September 14 2019 and May 2023. Members of the jury were visibly upset and one was in tears as the clips were played at Inner London Crown Court on Thursday.
Zou appeared emotionless in the dock throughout the day. In camera footage from May 2023, shot from a bedside table at his flat in Elephant and Castle, south-east London, Zou could be heard encouraging a woman to finish her drink while she asks to leave, jurors were told.
The woman can be heard urging the defendant not to restrain or control her, it is alleged. She is one of two of Zou’s 10 alleged victims who have been identified by police. In two more clips from a different camera, which jurors heard were filmed at student accommodation at Woburn Place near Russell Square in London, another woman identified only as Female A can be heard in the clips allegedly telling Zou to “stop” while struggling to stay awake.
The defendant is seen with what appears to be scratches on his back, the court heard. Zou can be seen positioning the camera to point at a naked woman who is lying motionless on a bed in a room where the blind is drawn before he has sex with her, jurors were told.
