French national suspected of murdering western backpackers on the hippie trail in 1970s and 80s
Charles Sobhraj, the French serial killer known as “the serpent” who targeted western backpackers on the hippie trail in the 1970s, has walked free from a jail inSobhraj, 78, had been serving a life sentence after he was convicted in 2004 for the murder of an American tourist, Connie Jo Bronzich, in 1975. In 2014, Sobhraj was also convicted of killing her Canadian companion, Laurent Carrière.
Sobhraj was known to many as a seductive and ruthless con-artist and murderer. He was linked to the deaths of at least 20 western travellers in Thailand, India and Nepal during the 1970s and 80s but became known as “the serpent” for his charm and slippery ability to evade arrest.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.
Standing outside the immigration detention centre where Sobhraj was taken after his release, Biswas said she had still not been able to see her husband. “After 14 years it’s such a relief. When his release order came though we all celebrated,” she said. Sohbraj had already served a two-decade prison sentence in India for the poisoning and killing of a French tourist, Jean-Luc Solomon. However, his time behind bars in jail became notorious for the luxury in which he lived, bribing guards with cash and gems, and would give interviews making outrageous claims to western journalists from his cell.
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