Our reporter learned yesterday that a man surnamed Zhou was suspected of robbing a woman walking alone at midnight. He lied that he was "dealing with" the woman for someone else, and then held her hostage in a park where he raped her. Yesterday, our reporter learned that the Haidian Procuratorate accused Mr. Zhou of robbery and rape, and has already prosecuted him. On the way, Mr. Zhou also asked the woman to give him 300 yuan and the password of her bank card. The woman thought Mr. Zhou was just after money, so she pleaded, "I'll give you 200,000 yuan, please let me go." When they arrived at the entrance of the park, Mr. Zhou pretended to call his employer to scare the woman and said, "I can't decide this matter myself." Then he forced the woman to tell him her personal phone number and family information. Subsequently, Mr. Zhou coerced the woman into going deeper into the park's woods. At this point, Mr. Zhou had the evil intention of raping her, so he forced her to have sexual intercourse with him. Afterward, fearing that the woman would report him to the police, he threatened her saying, "I know your home address, if you report me, it will not be good for you and your family." Then he left smugly.
On the morning of May 10th, Mr. Zhou called the victim asking for 80,000 yuan and claimed he could help her find the person who "harmed" her. The next day, the victim told Mr. Zhou that she had only managed to gather 30,000 yuan, and asked if it was acceptable. Mr. Zhou agreed. They arranged to meet at a McDonald's restaurant. Subsequently, the woman reported the incident to the police. The officers arrived at the designated location and arrested the suspect Mr. Zhou when he came to collect the money. On October 28th, the Haidian Procuratorate approved the arrest of the suspect Mr. Zhou on charges of robbery and rape, and has now filed a public prosecution.
Mr. Zhou, a 23-year-old unemployed person from Beijing, was in a bad mood while surfing the internet at an internet cafe one evening in May this year. Around midnight, he left the internet cafe to buy a pack of cigarettes. On his way through the gate of a guesthouse in Haidian District, he saw a single woman walking on the roadside holding a bag. Seeing no one around, Mr. Zhou suddenly got the idea to rob the woman. He picked up a brick from the roadside and hit the back of the woman's head from behind, knocking her down instantly. After falling to the ground, the woman shouted a few times. Mr. Zhou approached her again and hit her head with the brick, threatening her, "Don't shout!" Then he put his arm around her shoulders with the hand holding the brick and forced her to walk with him. To scare her, Mr. Zhou lied to the woman, "Don't blame me, it's because you've offended someone. Someone paid 88,000 yuan for me to deal with you." As he spoke, he took the woman to a nearby park.