It tells how for years, he evaded the law across Asia as he allegedly drugged, robbed and murdered backpackers along the so-called “hippie trail” – while former Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg worked with authorities to capture him.ĬNN’s Julia Hollingsworth, Adam Renton and Esha Mitra contributed reporting. In the book The Life And Crimes Of Charles Sobhraj, Sobhraj confessed to murdering five people in Thailand and two people in Nepal. He received a life sentence in August 2004 and would serve 19 years of a 20-year sentence. (AFP: Prakash Mathema) Charles Sobhraj is believed to have murdered more than a dozen people, but the exact number is not known. He was held in a high-security prison in Nepal from 2003. The 2021 BBC/Netflix drama called “The Serpent” is based on the story of Sobhraj’s alleged murders. He was quickly recognised and arrested in Kathmandu for the 1975 murders of two tourists, Canadian backpacker Laurent Armand Carriere and American Connie Joe Bronzich. In 2014, a Nepali court convicted Sobhraj for the 1975 murder of Canadian tourist Laurent Carrière, handing down a 20-year sentence.
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Sobhraj eventually admitted to at least 12 killings between 19, and hinted at others to interviewers before retracting the confessions ahead of further court cases, according to his biographers. The Serpent, a new BBC/Netflix drama series coming to the streaming service in April, tells how for years, Sobhraj evaded the law across Asia as he allegedly drugged, robbed and murdered. He also escaped from prison in several countries, and his propensity for evading the authorities earned him the nickname “The Serpent.” Charles Sobhraj, who spent 19 years in jail for the murder of two tourists in Kathmandu in 1975, has been ordered to return to France within 15 days. Sobhrajs extraordinary life of crime, readers will no doubt recall, was brought to the screen two years ago in The Serpent, a gripping eight-part series starring Tahar Rahim with Jenna Coleman. Sipa/Newscomīorn in French-administered Saigon, Vietnam, Sobhraj was first jailed in Paris in 1963 for burglary but went on to be accused of committing crimes in a list of countries: France, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, India, Thailand and Malaysia.
Sobhraj, known by his moniker "The Serpent," allegedly drugged, robbed and killed backpackers. Via BBC Sobhraj’s first known victim was the American tourist Teresa Knowlton from Seattle, who was drowned in a tidal pool wearing a flowered bikini.
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