Chinese man arrested after burglary and rape at foot massage centre

A man has been arrested for burglary and rape after allegedly breaking into a foot massage parlour in north China last November and launching a sex attack against a staff member, according to mainland media.

The suspect, who was identified only by his surname Wang, admitted to the police that he had carefully planned the crime, online news portal Iqilu.com reported on Saturday.

On a cold, rainy winter night in a rural township in Jining in east China’s Shandong province, a woman foot massage worker was reportedly bound hand and foot, and forced to surrender her cash and bank cards to the burglar.

“Once coming [into the parlour], he took out a knife to threaten me ... and said he was going to kill me,” the Shandong news portal quoted the victim, whose full name was not given, as saying.

A police investigation indicated that Wang allegedly raped the worker on the ground floor of the parlour and stole her belongings.

The victim reported the case to the police after the suspect fled.