"Chao Xu, 33, pleaded guilty at a pre-trial hearing on Friday to 24 offences against six young women in London over three years, including rape, digital penetration, sexual assault, administering a substance with intent and voyeurism. He was arrested in June and hidden cameras were found in multiple areas of his home, including inside an air freshener and in bathrooms. Police said searches of his phone found hundreds of intimate images and videos of women."
"Xu owned a recruitment company and would use networking events at his home in Greenwich, south London, to select women to drug and then attack. After one event in June, a woman who had been raped four times went to police. Police believe Xu would spike drinks and then when women felt unwell he would offer them a place to stay. Drugs recovered by police included substances usually used by vets to treat animals."
Chao Xu, 33, pleaded guilty at a pre-trial hearing to 24 offences against six young women in London between February 2022 and June 2025, including rape, assault by penetration, sexual assault, administering a substance with intent and voyeurism. He was arrested in June after hidden cameras were found inside an air freshener and in bathrooms at his Greenwich home and searches of his phone recovered hundreds of intimate images and videos. Xu owned a recruitment company and used networking events at his home to select women to spike with drugs, some substances used by vets, and then attack them. Detectives have identified three victims; three remain unidentified. Police believe there could be many more victims and that the offending may go back years. All known victims are of Chinese heritage. Two other alleged offences will lie on file.
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