Charles Sobhraj

The so-called Bikini Killer committed at least 12 murders and repeatedly escaped the law with serpentine slipperiness.

It was probably hubris that caused Sobhraj to return to Nepal in 2003 — one of the few countries where he was still wanted. Herman Knippenberg, a Dutch diplomat who was key to uncovering details about Sobhraj, told The Guardian in 2020 that he killed his victims because they rejected his criminal entreaties. He often used the passport and identities of his victims to travel to multiple countries. A trial court convicted him, but he was acquitted by the Allahabad HC and then the Supreme Court in 1996 after the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. He would be accused of killing at least another 11 people in Thailand, Nepal, and India; some estimates put the number of his victims at 30. Sobhraj was born to an expatriate Indian moneylender and a Vietnamese woman in French-occupied Saigon in 1944.

Convicted serial killer Charles Sobhraj, sentenced for a series of murders across Asia in the 1970s and '80s, is scheduled to be released from a Nepal...

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He was later caught and jailed there until 1997. Sobhraj was born to an Indian father and Vietnamese mother. He returned to France following his release in India but in 2003 was arrested at a casino in Kathmandu in connection with the 1975 murders of Bronzich and Carriere. He was also known as "the serpent" because of his ability to disguise himself following his escape from a prison in India in the mid-1980s. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story KATHMANDU, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police suspect was responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, is due to be freed on Thursday after nearly 20 years in prison in Nepal, his lawyer said.

PARIS: For decades Asia's most wanted man, French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, terrorised the continent with a string of murders in the 1970s that ...

He flees while out on bail and goes to Greece, where he also manages to escape after being arrested. Advertisement He is quickly recognised and arrested in Kathmandu for the 1975 murders of two tourists, a Canadian backpacker Laurent Armand Carriere and American Connie Joe Bronzich. In May 1982, he is handed a life sentence by an Indian court for the 1976 murder of Israeli tourist Alan Jacob, but is acquitted on appeal a year later for lack of evidence. In July 1976, he is arrested in India after trying to drug a group of more than 20 French tourists in a New Delhi hotel. In 1970, he moves to India, where he is arrested a year later for a jewellery heist.

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.

DOHA: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, was due to arrive in France Saturday after almost 20 ...

DOHA, Dec 24 — French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, insisted he was “innocent” as he headed to ...

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? It was sheer luck that I recognised him,” Nathan told AFP on Thursday. I have to sue a lot of people. I have a lot to do.

Sobhraj was responsible for multiple murders of young foreigners in the 1970s across Asia.

A decade later he was also found guilty of killing Bronzich's Canadian companion. He was recaptured in the Indian coastal state of Goa. "I don't have any feelings towards him now that it's been so long," said Suthimai, 90. It was sheer luck that I recognised him," Nathan told AFP on Thursday. "I think it was karma." He has a heart issue, so he wants to get treatment from the Gangalal hospital," lawyer Gopal Shiwakoti Chintan told reporters.

KATHMANDU: Charles Sobhraj (pix), a notorious French serial killer who had been serving a life sentence in Nepal since 2003 for the murder of two Nort...

Before his arrest in Nepal in 2003, he had spent around two decades in jail in India. Sobhraj has been linked to several high profile killings across Asia in the 1970s and 1980s. “We will decide where to deport him after going through the documents,“ he added.