Last week jurors at Inner London Crown Court were shown a police interview where the woman claimed that Zhenhao Zou, 27, raped her after not allowing her to leave his flat in Elephant and Castle, south east London, on 18 May The woman told Detective Constable Emily Nice in February that they were drinking wine together but she began to find him "odd" and wanted to leave but he would not let her go, the court heard previously.
The woman said that at one point she was crying on the floor , and when she tried to leave he dragged her back by her clothes, before pushing her to drink vodka, jurors were told. On Monday, jurors were played an audio recording of a call she made to police three days after the alleged assault.
She eventually told officers she did not want to be involved with the investigation for her mental health but later posted a written warning on the social media applications WeChat and Little Red Book.
Now I want to share this with you to warn about this person. She said the attack left her feeling angry, helpless and unable to eat or sleep. I have scratch marks on my arms as a result of my fingernails. This would not have happened if he had let me leave. She was later contacted by a second alleged victim of Zou who had read her post, the court heard.
Asked by Ms Farrelly what she meant by that, the woman β giving evidence from behind a screen - said: "After I was drunk he raped me and not allowing me to go home. Police found video footage of the alleged rape filmed on a camera placed by his bed and graphic photographs of the alleged victim in Zou's possession, the jury was told. The woman is one of two of Zou's 10 alleged victims who have been identified by police.
