Charles Sobhraj took a regular flight to Doha en route to Paris after Nepal's Supreme Court ordered his release from prison, citing his age.
The 78-year-old French national is suspected of killing more than 20 Western backpackers on the "hippie trail" through Asia.After his release, Sobhraj said, "I feel great... I have a lot to do. I have to sue a lot of people."
He left Nepal early on Friday evening on a regular flight to Doha en route to Paris, said Katak Rawal, a Kathmandu airport official.Nepal has barred Sobhraj from entering the country for ten years, Pradashanie Kumari, acting director general of the immigration department, said. In 1963, he embarked on a life as an international crook, which took him to Greece, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan.'A lot of MDMA that wasn't MDMA': The early results from inside Australia's first drug testing clinic
He was dubbed the "bikini killer" in Thailand and "the serpent", for his evasion of police and use of disguises. Several years later, he was also found guilty of killing Ms Bronzich's Canadian friend, Laurent Carriere.
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