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Serial rapist who targets handsome male models sentenced to 15 years for killing victim
A Taiwanese man who had used date-rape drugs on over 10 male models in China has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after his latest victim was found dead from drug overdose.
Du Bo Wen, 43, met his 21-year-old victim, Xiang Hai, a top male model in China, on the fake online modelling agency he set up.
Du, who worked as a Chinese-Japanese translator at an electronic company in China, had called himself a high-ranked TV commercial producer.
In 12 February 2014, the pair met up at a hotel in the city of Wuhan, central China, for an audition. Du then spiked Xiang’s beer with date-rape drug, FM2.
After Xiang passed out, Du went on to masturbate and then sexually assault him by fingering his anus and more.
However, Xiang, who had traces of Ketamine in his body, suffered a drug overdose and died on the spot. Du then escaped the crime scene, and subsequently went back to Taiwan to elude arrest.
It was only in September 2014, after the Chinese police collaborated with the Taiwanese police department, that Du was arrested at his home in Taipei.
From police records, this is not the first time Du had committed a drug-rape-and-run attempt on a tricked male model.
Back in 1994, Du was offering fake TV commercial contracts to male models online. He would promise them around USD700-900 for a 3-day shoot, with provision of hotel stay and plane tickets.
At the ‘casting,’ Du would drug the male model’s coffee or beer and then film the subsequent sexual assault. Du would also rob the unconscious victim of his valuables before fleeing.
Du had then been arrested in 1997 and served a sentence of over a year.
But upon his release, he continued his vice, but stopped the filming to avoid leaving traces of evidence.
It was in 2011 when Du set up his own fake online modelling agency to meet more male models.
Culprit, Du Bo Wen, escorted by police officers to his court hearing
The security cameras at the hotel where Du and Xiang met caught Du pouring away the laced beer into the bin at the lift lobby before he escaped.
In court, Du admitted that he had drugged Xiang, but denied that it was rape, saying that their sexual contact was consensual. Du also claimed that he did not know that Xiang had taken Ketamine beforehand.
A judge had initially sentenced Du to 18 years imprisonment based on the charge of ‘homicidal date-rape with the use of drugs.’
However, another judge argued that Du could not have possibly known that Xiang would suffer a drug-drug interaction causing the OD, and thus removed homicide from the charge and gave Du a lighter sentence of 15 years in prison.
It’s been reported that over the years Du had committed multiple date-rapes in different regions in China, including Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and lastly, Hubei, where Xiang was killed.
Investigation also showed previous police reports linked to Du.
In September 2011, a male model from Guangzhou city named Xu reported to the police that he met up with Du at a hotel and was then drugged and robbed. Xu said that when he woke up he found his clothes taken off and his valuables, including his iPhone, watch and money, missing. Xu also told the police that his ‘anus had felt weird.’
In May 2012, a similar report was filed by a male model from Shenyang city named Gou. He said that Du got him an air ticket to come to Guangzhou, and had then sexually assaulted him when he was drugged unconscious. Another male model named Zhang filed a similar report later that year.
Investigators suspected that there were many more victims involved in this case, but only a handful had gone to the police to file a report.
When accosted by reporters at his hearing, Du kept his head low and said that he’s filled with regret and apologised for causing the death of Xiang.
Deceased 21-year-old Xiang Hai was a top model in China
H/t: DW News, Life The Dog
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