>The shocking disclosures come after the sexual predator was convicted of 11 counts of rape, with two of the offences relating to one victim.

Zou was also convicted of three counts of voyeurism, 10 of possession of an extreme pornographic image, one of false imprisonment and three of possession of a controlled drug with intent to commit a sexual offence, namely butanediol

>During the four-week trial, jurors were reduced to tears when they were shown a harrowing video of a semi-conscious unknown woman begging Zou to stop raping her, but the predator chillingly sneered: 'Don't push me, it's pointless… the sound insulation here is very good'.

But as officers launched a nationwide victims appeal, top cops warned the overall figure of 60 victims could be just the tip of the iceberg.

>Commander Kevin Southworth, of the Met's Public Protection Team, said: 'We're fully open-minded that it may well be higher than that, which [means] Zou is the most substantial and most prolific offender that we've come across in recent times.

Why did he do it?

>A Chinese PhD student who drugged and raped 10 women could have abused more than 50 other victims in the UK and China, police fear.

Zhenhao Zou, 28, was today unmasked as one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders as police revealed dozens of new victims had been seen in the sick home videos he filmed of his attacks.

>Zou, the son of a wealthy Chinese Communist Party member, drugged and raped three women in London and seven in China between 2019 and 2023, while he was studying at University College London.