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Student 'was asked for handbag' after alleged rape

Claire Ellison
BBC News
Reporting fromInner London Crown Court
Julia Quenzler Court sketch of Zhenhao Zou, a man with black hair wearing a blue suit, white shirt and blue tie, sitting in the dock behind glass s earlier in the trialJulia Quenzler
Zhenhao Zou denies all 35 charges against him

One of the complainants in the case of a student accused of drugging and raping 10 women has told a court she asked him for compensation in the form of a handbag after the night she was allegedly raped.

Zhenhao Zou, a 27-year-old Chinese national who was studying in the UK, denies 11 counts of rape as well as three counts of voyeurism, 12 of possession of an extreme pornographic image and one of false imprisonment.

He also denies eight counts of possessing a controlled drug with intent to supply.

The woman told jurors at Inner London Crown Court the compensation was for being made to stay in Mr Zou's flat against her will and not for any sexual activities, which she said she did not agree to.

Text message exchanges between the woman and the defendant, transcribed in both Mandarin and English, were shown to the jury.

Speaking from behind a screen and through an interpreter, the woman agreed that she asked Mr Zou in a text message, "where is my bag":[]}