00:00Zinu Zu was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Inner London Crown Court on Thursday after a month-long trial found him guilty of 11 counts of rape, with two of the offences relating to one victim, three counts of voyeurism, ten of possession of an extreme pornographic image, one of false imprisonment,
00:27and three of possession of a controlled drug with intent to commit a sexual offence.
00:34Judge Rosina Cottage told him he would serve 22 years and 227 days before he was eligible for parole, taking into account time spent on remand.
00:48Zhu, who was most recently living in Elephant and Castle, was found guilty of raping three women in London and another seven in China between September 2019 and May 2023.
01:04The judge said the defendant is a very bright young man who used a manipulative, charming mask to hide that he is a sexual predator.
01:17His crimes began to be uncovered in November 2023 when a woman went to police to allege she had been attacked by Zhu.
01:27There was not enough evidence to bring a criminal charge, but when Zhu's phone was seized, officers found disturbing videos of his crimes.