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Peter Allen & Vassia Barba

'Serpent' serial killer insists 'I didn’t murder anyone' after prison release

After multiple life sentences and serving decades in prison, one of the world’s most notorious serial killers today insisted he "didn't murder anyone" and said he had the "whole world" against him.

Charles Sobhraj, the 78-year-old Frenchman dubbed ‘The Serpent’ in the hit BBC TV drama of the same name, was on Sunday speaking for the first time since being released from prison in Nepal.

In a media offensive in Paris, he denied being responsible for a string of killings of mainly western tourists in countries including Thailand and India during the 1970s.

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