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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Killer dubbed 'The Serpent' arrives in France from Nepal

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Confessed serial killer Charles Sobhraj arrived in France Saturday after being released from a life sentence in a Nepal prison.

Sobhraj, a 78-year-old French citizen, had been serving time for the deaths of American and Canadian backpackers in the 1970s. He has in the past admitted killing several Western tourists around Asia, and was the focus of a series co-produced by the BBC and Netflix called “The Serpent."

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