Zhenhao Zou

28-year-old UCL student Zhenhao Zou was convicted today of 28 offences, including 11 counts of rape against 10 different women, following a five week trial.

While in China in November 2020 Zou, also known as “Pakho”, downloaded an “instruction manual” on how to drug and rape young women, with the words “effects guaranteed” displayed across pictures of unconscious, naked women. He then used butanediol (a GHB precursor) to drug a number of women and rape them. Police believe there may be more than 50 victims, and have appealed to anyone who believes they may have been assaulted by Zou to contact them (details provided at the bottom of this post). They are particularly focussed on women from the Chinese community, who appear to have been targeted by Zou.

Police were able to find footage of Zou’s attacks in part through the four spy cameras he had installed in his £4,000 a month luxury flat.

Seven of his 10 victims were attacked in China, and have not yet been identified. They were referred to in court as Females B, C, D, E, F, G, and H. The BBC reports that “Five of the women looked completely unconscious in the videos. One, Female G, appeared to wake briefly while Zou was raping her, but struggled to maintain consciousness. Female H could be heard snoring. Another woman, Female D, was unconscious when the rape began but came round and repeatedly told Zou “please, no”, while trying to fight him off.”

Videos of three women raped by Zou in London – referred to as Female A, who has not been identified, and Ms N and Ms L, who testified against him – were shown in court. Female A could be heard “pleading” with Zou to stop, and saying “I hate you”. He responded “It’s pointless. The sound insulation here is very good.”

Ms N reported being raped shortly after it occurred, but said she was discouraged by an inaccurate translation of her 999 call. Despite this mistake by the Metropolitan Police, she bravely posted about her ordeal on RedNote – where Ms L saw it and contacted her, enabling the police to identify her as another of Zou’s victims.

Reports relating to Zhenhao Zou can be made online via the Major Incident Public Portal (MIPP): https://mipp.police.uk/operation/01MPS25X38-PO1. The MIPP is also available in Simplified Chinese (https://mipp.police.uk/operation/01MPS25X38-PO2)

有关邹振浩的举报可通过重大事件公共门户网站 (MIPP) 在线举报：https://mipp.police.uk/operation/01MPS25X38-PO1. MIPP 还提供简体中文版本 (https://mipp.police.uk/operation/01MPS25X38-PO2)

If you wish to speak to Met detectives or make a report relating to Zou, you can also contact police via email on survivors@met.police.uk. You can also make a report to police by calling 101 from within the UK, quoting reference 2904/04FEB25.

如果您想与大都会侦探交谈或举报与 Zou 相关的案件，您还可以通过电子邮件联系警方：survivors@met.police.uk. 您还可以在英国境内拨打 101（参考号码 2904/04FEB25）向警方报案。