PhD student tells court he enjoys 'rape role play'

A Chinese PhD student accused of raping 10 women has told a jury he enjoyed "rape role play".

Zhenhao Zou, 27, who was studying in the UK, denies 11 counts of rape, three of voyeurism, 12 of possession of extreme pornographic images and one of false imprisonment.

Mr Zou said two videos shown at Inner London Crown Court of him having sex with an unidentified woman referred to in the trial as Female A were made after he had discussed his interest with her.

The police do not know the identity of Female A.

Mr Zou told the court he met the woman on a dating app called Soul in April 2022.

He said they met up and had sex at his student accommodation in Bloomsbury, central London.

He said that on the second occasion they met, they had sex again and discussed their sexual preferences. She said she liked uniform role play.

"We specifically discussed the kinds of role play I like, which was rape role play."

He said that was how the videos came to be made.

Mr Zou's barrister Mark Cotter KC asked him: "In relation to the videos that you made with Female A - did you ever show those to anybody":[]}