They Released This Horrible Serial Killer Early For The Most Insane….
Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in Nepal, was ordered on Wednesday to be released because of "good behavior" and having already served most of his sentence 20-year sentence.
The Supreme Court ruling also said Sobhraj, 78, had to leave the country within the next 15 days but did not specify to where.
Sobhraj was serving two life sentences in Nepal for the murders of two backpackers from the US and Canada.
He was also known to many as a seductive and ruthless con artist and murderer. Sobhraj is accused of killing more than 20 young Western backpackers across Asia during the 1970s and 1980s, usually by drugging their food or drink.
“I feel great, I am flying to Paris,” Sohbraj said over the phone, his spirits appearing high. “I have a book and a documentary coming soon.”
Sohbraj will be extradited back to France on Friday evening, said the lawyer Gopal Siwakoti, who has been providing legal support on the case. “Sobhraj has heart issues and he wants to do a health check-up before he flys out,” said Siwakoti.
Siwakoti described Sobhraj’s physical condition as “frail” but said he was mentally capable. He said the Nepalese government had been “unwilling to release him at any cost” and had attempted to dispute Sobhraj’s good behavior in prison, but that was overruled by the courts, who approved his petition.
During his time in jail in Nepal, Sobhraj had raised eyebrows by marrying a Nepalese woman 40 years his junior. In 2008, Sobhraj, then 64, met lawyer Nihita Biswas, 21 when she acted as an interpreter for him in the prison. The pair got married in jail and Biswas acted as his lawyer, always maintaining his innocence.
During an incident in 2017, the murderer was taken from his prison in Kathmandu to a hospital with the help of his much-younger wife. While at the hospital, he underwent a life-saving coronary operation, which means the doctors in Nepal worked hard to save the murderer’s life lest he died from a medical health condition.
“His wife has said he may need further surgery, and he will be closely monitored by doctors after he lands,” said the source close to the convicted serial killer.
The court document said he had already served more than 75% of his sentence, making him eligible for release, and revealed that he has heart disease.
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.
He resurfaced in September 2003 in Kathmandu.
His nickname, The Serpent, stems from his reputation as a master of disguise and as an escape artist.
Sobhraj’s alleged killings were dramatized in a series co-produced by the BBC and Netflix called The Serpent, which aired last year.
Source: AWM