78-year-old serial killer Charles Sobhraj, also known as the “Serpent killer”, who was released by the Supreme Court in Nepal on Wednesday on the grounds of his health and age, returned to France.
“A GOOD AND NOW FREE INDIVIDUAL”
Sobhraj’s lawyer, Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, said that her client is a good and free individual now, while “she will file a complaint against Nepal because the whole case against her was fabricated.” Sobhraj’s lawyer, who has been detained in Nepal since 2003, filed a petition with the court demanding his release on the grounds that he needed medical treatment. Supreme Court Spokesperson Bimal Paudel confirmed that Sobhraj was released, saying that the court’s decision was made after the trial on the case was completed. According to court documents, Shobraj, who had heart surgery before, needs to have open heart surgery again.
CONSENTED TO EXECUTION
born in Vietnam in 1944; Sobhraj, a 78-year-old French national whose mother is Vietnamese and father is Indian, was convicted in 1975 of using fake passports to enter Nepal and murdering 29-year-old US citizen Connie Jo Boronzich and his Canadian 26-year-old girlfriend Laurent Carriere. Shobraj, who has been held in Kathmandu Central Prison for 21 years, was sentenced to 20 years for the murder of Boronzich and life imprisonment for the murder of Carriere.
Shobraj traveled to Southeast Asia in the 1970s, where he was involved in many crimes, including murder. Sobhraj specifically targeted traveling tourists in Thailand, Nepal and India. It was revealed that Sobhraj, who was friends with the tourists, had stolen their belongings and identity cards after giving them drugs. It was stated that Sobhraj disposed of the bodies of the people he killed.
20 MURDER
It is estimated that Sobhraj, who traveled with fake IDs, committed at least 20 murders in South Asia. Sobhraj, who was recorded to have committed 14 murders in Thailand alone, was imprisoned in India from 1976 to 1997, and was arrested again in Nepal in 2003. It is estimated that Sobhraj escaped from prison 4 times. (UAV)