Charles Sobhraj

Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was released from a Nepal prison on Friday ...

A statue of Sobhraj stands at the restaurant in Goa to this day. He has been the subject of several dramatizations, including a Netflix [(NFLX.O)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/NFLX.O) and BBC joint production released last year. I have to sue a lot of people. I have a lot to do. tourist Connie Jo Bronzich in 1975. ["bikini killer"](/world/asia-pacific/who-is-bikini-killer-charles-sobhraj-2022-12-21/) in Thailand, and "the serpent", for his evasion of police and use of disguises.

He spent 19 years in jail in Nepal for two murders in 1975 and was freed given his age and for good behaviour.

Nepal’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered his release from prison citing his age, good behaviour and the fact that he had served most of his sentence. He was handed a life sentence the following year for killing US tourist Connie Jo Bronzich in 1975 and transferred to a high-security prison. On Friday, he was driven out of the prison in the capital, Kathmandu, in a blue police vehicle and taken to immigration detention and then to Kathmandu airport.

The confessed murderer has walked free from prison in Nepal after the country's supreme court ordered his release.

Thailand issued a warrant for the arrest of Sobhraj in the 1970s on charges of drugging and killing six women, all wearing bikinis, but he was jailed in India before he could stand trial on those charges. [serving two life sentences](https://news.sky.com/story/tourist-killer-sentenced-to-second-life-term-10389218) in [Nepal](https://news.sky.com/topic/nepal-6414) for the murders of Connie Jo Bronzich and Laurent Carriere in 1975. The French murderer known as "The Serpent" has been freed from prison in Nepal after serving most of his sentence for the murders of American and Canadian backpackers.

Charles Sobhraj told AFP in an exclusive interview on Friday that he was no serial killer and that he was innocent of the two murders that he served almost ...

He added: "The district judge, without calling a single witness ... I have to sue a lot of people. Oh yes." I have a lot to do. I am innocent. "I am innocent in those cases, ok?

He'd served most of his sentence in Nepal for the murders of American and Canadian backpackers. His nickname stems from his reputation as a disguise and ...

Sobhraj was held for two decades in New Delhi's maximum-security Tihar prison on suspicion of theft but was deported without charge to France in 1997. The Frenchman has in the past admitted killing several Western tourists and he is believed to have killed at least 20 people in Afghanistan, India, Thailand, Turkey, Nepal, Iran and Hong Kong during the 1970s. I have to sue a lot of people. ... I have a lot to do. Life sentences in Nepal are 20 years. [Charles Sobhraj](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/international-serial-killer-gets-engaged/) was freed from prison in Nepal on Friday after serving most of his sentence for the murders of American and Canadian backpackers.

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.

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.