Charles Sobhraj

2022 - 12 - 24

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'The Serpent' serial killer Charles Sobhraj returns to France - media (Reuters)

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.

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'Serpent' serial killer Charles Sobhraj returns to France after 19 ... (The Guardian)

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.

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'The Serpent' killer Charles Sobhraj arrives back in France after ... (Sky News)

Speaking to French media on his arrival in Paris, Sobhraj said that he has to "sue a lot of people," claiming that he was not guilty of murder.

The statute of limitations for most serious crimes in France is 20 years. [The Serpent: The story of the real-life hippie trail killer Charles Sobhraj](https://news.sky.com/story/the-serpent-the-story-of-the-real-life-hippie-trail-killer-charles-sobhraj-12185697) [French killer Charles Sobhraj freed from jail in Nepal](https://news.sky.com/story/french-killer-charles-sobhraj-known-as-the-serpent-freed-from-jail-in-nepal-12773538) Speaking to French media on his arrival in Paris, Sobhraj said that he has to "sue a lot of people," claiming that he was not guilty of murder.

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The Serpent: Killer Charles Sobhraj Deported Back to France (Bloomberg)

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 ...

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'The Serpent' serial killer Charles Sobhraj returns to France – media (WHTC News)

PARIS (Reuters) -Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police believe murdered more than 20 western backpackers on the "hippie trail" through Asia i...

I have to sue a lot of people,” AFP quoted Sobhraj as saying. He was later found guilty of killing Bronzich’s Canadian friend, Laurent Carriere, and had served 19 years out of a 20-year sentence. “I have a lot to do.

'Serpent' serial killer Charles Sobhraj arrives in France after release ... (Macau Business)

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

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

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The Serpent Charles Sobhraj: who is serial killer's wife Nihita ... (NationalWorld)

Charles Sobhraj and his crimes were recently the subject of a Netflix and BBC series titled The Serpent.

The order also stipulates that he has to leave the country within 15 days. Sobhraj was driven out of Central Jail in Kathmandu on Friday (23 December) in a heavily guarded police convoy to the department of immigration, where he will wait for his travel documents to be prepared. [Hindustan Times](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/bikini-killer-charles-sobhraj-has-successful-heart-surgery/story-PIoNJjkDplhpLzWI6qOHHI.html) reported in 2017 that Biswas donated blood to Sobhraj when he underwent heart surgery at a Kathmandu hospital. Biswas was the first person to get voted out in her season. [Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/it-was-love-at-first-sight-with-nihita-sobhraj/articleshow/3195012.cms) that Sobhraj was innocent, stating: “He is a good man, I have seen the way he cares for his family. In a 2008 interview, Sobhraj said that it was love at first sight for the two of them. Very little is publicly known about Compagnon and her daughter with Sobhraj after they parted ways. Leclerc was also sentenced to life in prison after the attempted drugging and robbery of a group of students in 1976, however this was later overturned following a terminal ovarian cancer diagnosis. She was a medical secretary from Quebec, Canada, and became an accomplice in Sobhraj’s drugging and murder spree. Sobhraj was sentenced to 12 years in prison - however, his prison sentence in India was set to end before the 20 year Thai statute of limitations expired, meaning that he would have been extradited and almost certainly executed for murder in Thailand. Throughout his childhood, Sobhraj moved back and forth between Southeast Asia and France. In the show, Sobhraj was portrayed by Tahar Rahim (The Eddy, The Looming Tower).

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Serial killer known as 'The Serpent' deported to France after Nepal ... (UPI.com)

Serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who is linked to up to 20 murders in Asia during the 1970s, was deported back to France on Friday after Nepal's top court ...

He was given a life sentence in 2004. He was convicted of In 1986 he briefly escaped prison by drugging guards.

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'The Serpent' serial killer Charles Sobhraj returns to France (New York Post)

A Frenchman linked to the murders of more 20 western backpackers on the “hippie trail” through Asia between 1972 and 1982, was returned to his homeland ...

In 2014, 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.” A Frenchman linked to the murders of more 20 western backpackers on the “hippie trail” through Asia between 1972 and 1982, was returned to his homeland after decades in a Nepalese prison.

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Bikini killer Charles Sobhraj arrives in France, announces plan to ... (WION)

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who is believed to have killed more than 20 western backpackers in the 1970s and 1980s have returned to France after ...

I have to sue a lot of people. He is suspected of killing more than 20 western backpackers on a hippie trail through Asia. Sobhraj was held in a high-security Nepali prison since 2003.

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