Serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, said he felt 'great' after being released from prison in Nepal where he served almost 20 years.
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, insisted he was"innocent" as he headed to France on Friday after almost 20 years in prison in Nepal.
Nepal's top court ruled on Wednesday that he should be freed on health grounds and deported to France within 15 days.Sobhraj landed in the Qatari capital on Friday evening, an AFP correspondent reported, and was due to arrive in Paris early Saturday.Sobhraj's life was chronicled in the series"The Serpent" co-produced by Netflix and the BBC.
Suave and sophisticated, he was implicated in the murder of a young American woman whose body was found on a beach wearing a bikini in 1975.He was arrested in India in 1976 and ultimately spent 21 years in jail there, with a brief break in 1986 when he drugged prison guards and escaped. He was recaptured in the Indian coastal state of Goa.
Talking to AFP among bemused fellow Qatar Airways passengers on Friday, Sobhraj insisted he was innocent of the killings in Nepal.
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