Woman tells how she tried to escape clutches of PhD student accused of serial assaults

A PhD student rapist dragged a sobbing woman across the floor to attack her on his bed after plying her with vodka and wine, a court heard. Zhenhao Zou, 27, allegedly ‘stupefied’ his victims with drugs or alcohol before carrying out the assaults between 2019 and 2023 while he was studying in the UK. He denies eleven charges of rape on ten alleged victims, twelve of possession of an extreme pornographic images, three counts of voyeurism, one of false imprisonment…