Serial rapist and PhD student's cold two-word reply to police questions
Chinese student Zhenhao Zou interviewed by MET Police
Prolific rapist Zhenhao Zou gave a cold and simple two-word reply to every question detectives put to him as he faced multiple allegations.
Under the gaze of police officers and with the help of a translator, the PhD student who was studying at the University College London before his arrest answered "no comment" to the tough questions put before him.
At one point during the lengthy questioning, he was shown a video of a woman screaming and trying to escape from his clutches. When asked for his response to what he had seen, he asked for a break from the interview, and the officer obliged and paused the tapes.
In another interview an officer asks: "We already have eight different videos of you raping at least eight different victims, this includes the two from your phone.
"Some of the things seized include two hard drives of over two terrabytes each. How many videos do you have?"
The officer asks: "How many victims are there?"
The officer asks: "How long has this been going on for?"
Trying a different tack, the officer tries: "Did this start when you moved to the UK?"
But Zou repeats: "No comment."
The officer goes on to ask: "When was the first time it happened? Would you say you were unable to stop? Would you say you're addicted to drugging, raping and videoing these women?"
All were met with no comment replies.
Zou went on to pleaded not guilty and went on trial for four weeks, with the jury forced to watch multiple videos of him raping women.
They found him guilty and today he was sentenced to life and he must serve a minimum of 24 years in prison.
The trial heard that although he appears to be 'a smart and charming young man' he is in fact 'a persistent sexual predator, a voyeur and a rapist'.
He comes from a wealthy family, and had enough money to afford a Rolex, a wardrobe full of designer clothes, and cosmetic procedures including a hair transplant and facial surgery, while paying thousands a month in rent.
Senior Crown prosecutor Saira Pike said Zou is a danger to women, and praised the two victims who gave evidence for their courage in coming forward.
Police believe more than 50 other women may have fallen prey to the engineering student, which would make him one of the worst sex offenders the UK has seen.
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