Charles Sobhraj

Charles Sobhraj, convicted for killing two tourists in 1975, was suspected of several murders in Asia.

It later became the title for a hit BBC and Netflix series about the killer, which was released in 2021. During that time, he briefly managed to escape from prison by drugging the prison guards. He had heart surgery in 2017.

Sobhraj took a regular flight to Doha en route to Paris after Nepal's Supreme Court ordered his release from prison, where he served 19 years of a 20-year ...

A statue of Sobhraj stands at the restaurant in Goa to this day. I have to sue a lot of people. I have a lot to do. I have to sue a lot of people." He fled while out on bail and went to Greece, where he also managed to escape after being arrested. He was dubbed the "bikini killer" in Thailand and "the serpent", for his evasion of police and use of disguises.

The French national is suspected of killing more than 20 western backpackers on the "hippie trail" through Asia in the 1970s and 80s, and was notorious for ...

He was jailed in India for poisoning a group of French tourists in the capital, New Delhi, in 1976, before he could stand trial on the charges against him in Thailand. Dubbed the "bikini killer" in Thailand, and "The Serpent", for his evasion of police and use of disguises, Sobhraj, 78, a French national, is suspected of killing more than 20 western backpackers on the "hippie trail" through Asia. - He was dubbed "The Serpent" for his evasion of police and use of disguises

Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police believe murdered more than 20 western backpackers on the "hippie trail" through Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, ...

He was later found guilty of killing Bronzich's Canadian friend, Laurent Carriere, and had served 19 years out of a 20-year sentence. Asked what his next steps would be, she said: "He will file a legal complaint against Nepal because the whole case against him was fabricated." Register for free to Reuters and know the full story Sobhraj told French news agency AFP on the flight out of Nepal that he was not guilty of murdering Bronzich and Carriere. He was jailed in India for poisoning a group of French tourists in the capital, New Delhi, in 1976, before he could stand trial on the charges against him in Thailand. Nepal's Supreme Court ordered the release of Sobhraj, known as the "bikini killer" in Thailand, and 'The Serpent" for his evasion of police, on Wednesday citing his advanced age and health.

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, arrived in France on Saturday after almost 20 years in ...

He was recaptured in the Indian coastal state of Goa. A decade later, he was also found guilty of killing Bronzich's Canadian companion. On Friday, he was released and put on a flight at Kathmandu airport to take him to Paris via Doha. I am innocent. I have to sue a lot of people. I have a lot to do.

Sobhraj arrives in Paris on commercial flight after release from Nepalese prison on health grounds.

He was later found guilty of killing Bronzich’s Canadian friend, Laurent Carriere, and had served 19 years of a 20-year sentence. Sobhraj told the French news agency Agence-France Presse on the flight out of Nepal that he was not guilty of murdering Bronzich and Carriere and that the case against him was built on fake documents. Sobhraj, who was given his nickname for his evasion of police, had been held in a high-security prison in Nepal since 2003, when he was arrested on charges of murdering the American backpacker Connie Jo Bronzich in 1975.

Convicted killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s, was released from a Nepal prison after nearly two decades behind bars.

“I am innocent in those cases, OK? It was sheer luck that I recognised him,” Nathan told AFP on Thursday. On Friday, he was released and put on a flight at Kathmandu airport to take him to Paris via Doha. I am innocent. I have to sue a lot of people. I have a lot to do. 25+ news channels in 1 place. “I think it was karma.” Stream more world news live & on demand with Flash. Talking to AFP among bemused fellow Qatar Airways passengers on Friday, Sobhraj insisted he was innocent of the killings in Nepal. Suave and sophisticated, he was implicated in the murder of a young American woman whose body was found on a beach wearing a bikini in 1975. While on the flight to Doha, he insisted to an AFP journalist that he was “innocent”.

Paris (AP) -- Convicted killer Charles Sobhraj, suspected in the deaths of at least 20 tourists around Asia in the 1970s, arrived in Paris as a free man ...