Charles 'The Serpent' Sobhraj walks free from Nepal prison after 20 years
Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was released from a Nepal prison on Friday after nearly 20 years behind bars, according to a Reuters witness.
His notoriety and exploits have been the subject of several dramatisations, including a Netflix and BBC joint production released last year.Nepal's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered his release from prison, citing his age. Sobhraj has been held in a high-security prison in Nepal since 2003, when he was arrested on charges of murdering American backpacker Connie Jo Bronzich in 1975."I'm happy and have great respect for our judiciary and Supreme Court," Sobhraj's mother-in-law Sakuntala Thapa told Reuters partner ANI after news of his release was announced.Sobhraj married Nihita Biswas, a Nepali woman 44 years his junior, in 2008.
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