Archive · 15 Nov 2025
Prolific Chinese Sex Offender Jailed for Life in UK
A man from China named Chao Xu, who is 33 years old, has been sentenced to life in prison in the UK.
Police are calling him one of the worst sex offenders they have ever encountered.
Over three years, he committed 24 serious crimes, including rape and sexual assault.
He used his job, where he hosted events for a university, to get close to women.
He would drug them and then attack them.
He also secretly filmed his attacks and filmed people in public places without their permission.
Police believe he has harmed many more victims than the seven they have identified, possibly hundreds, especially through secret filming.
Chao Xu, a 33-year-old Chinese national, has been sentenced to life in prison in the UK.
He pleaded guilty to 24 sexual offenses, including rape, assault, upskirting, and voyeurism, committed over three years.
Xu used his position hosting university business events to drug and assault women, and filmed attacks and individuals without consent.
Police described Xu as one of the most prolific sex offenders they have encountered.
Investigators believe hundreds more victims may exist, particularly through voyeurism.
- Who
- Chao Xu, a 33-year-old Chinese national
- What
- Sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to 24 sexual offenses, including rape, assault, upskirting, and voyeurism.
- When
- Sentenced on Friday, with offenses occurring over three years.
- Where
- London, UK (Woolwich Crown Court)
- Why
- Used his position hosting business events for a university to drug and assault women, and filmed attacks and individuals without consent.
- Name
- Chao Xu
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Age
- 33
- Sentence
- Life imprisonment
- Minimum Term
- 14 years
- Court
- Woolwich Crown Court, London
- Crimes Admitted
- Rape, assault by penetration, sexual assault, upskirting, voyeurism
- Number of Convictions
- 24
