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Paul Myers

Nepal to release French serial killer dubbed the ‘Serpent'

Charles Sobhraj Nepal Connie Jo Bronzich Prison Murder Thailand
Charles Sobhraj, suspected of a string of murders across Asia, is to be released from prison in Nepal after serving 19 years for the murder of an American backpacker in 1975. Prakash Mathema/AFP

A Frenchman whose life of seduction, murder and escape on the "hippie trail" during the 1970s became the subject for a hit TV series was due to be freed on Thursday after 19 years in prison in Nepal.

Charles Sobhraj, who was nicknamed the "Serpent" at the height of his crimes, was released after his conviction in 2003 for the murder of American tourist Connie Jo Bronzich in 1975.

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