Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in Nepal, has been ordered to be released because of poor health, good behavior and having already served most of his sentence. 9News
The court document said he had already served more than 75 per cent of his sentence, making him eligible for release, and was suffering from heart disease.
It was not clear when he would actually walk out of the prison as a free man but likely within the next few days. The Frenchman has in the past admitted to killing several Western tourists and he is believed to have killed at least 20 people in Afghanistan, India, Thailand, Turkey, Nepal, Iran and Hong Kong during the 1970s.
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