Woman who accuses UCL PhD student of rape was 'angry and ashamed after attack' A woman who says she was raped by a PhD student while unconscious told a court she felt “angry“ and “ashamed“ but was unsure whether to report the attack.
Zou spent two years studying Queen’s University in Belfast from 2017, before signing up for a Masters at University College London (UCL) in 2019 and two years later starting his studies for a PhD in engineering, also at UCL.
The woman giving evidence on Monday said eventually confronted Zou on the phone about that night, and told jurors: “He said to me on the phone that he thought I was conscious at the time.
Around a month after the alleged rape, the woman messaged Zou to say she “thought about giving you a tongue lashing“, and explained to the court: “On that night, I was drunk.
Zou is on trial accused of 11 counts of rape, 12 charges of possessing an extreme pornographic image, three counts of voyeurism, false imprisonment, and eight counts of possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply.
