The release of "The Snake," the most dangerous butcher of the 1970s
Released from a Nepal prison today, Friday, the French serial killer Charles Sobrage, who is considered one of the most dangerous serial killers in the seventies, and responsible for a series of crimes in various parts of Asia during the seventies of the last century, and dealt with the series "The Serpent" (The Snake) produced by "Netflix" .
Police said that Charles Sobraj, 78, who had been imprisoned in Nepal since 2003 for killing two North American tourists, would be referred to the Immigration Department before being deported to France.
The Nepali Supreme Court issued its decision to release Sobraj on Wednesday.
The prison authorities indicated to AFP that they would refer him to the Immigration Department after receiving the court order to deport him to France within 15 days.
"Once he is transferred to the Immigration Department, the decision will be taken regarding the next steps," said his defense attorney, Gopal Chiwakutty Chintan, pointing out that Sobraj suffers from a heart problem and will receive the necessary treatment in Gangalal Hospital
. An open heart, explaining that the decision to release him was taken pursuant to a Nepalese law that allows the release of bedridden prisoners if they have served three-quarters of their sentences.As
for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it has made it clear that it has not yet received an official request from the Nepalese authorities to deport Charles Sobraj to his country, but confirmed that France will receive him. In this case
, a spokeswoman for the ministry said that if France "informs it" of a request of this kind, it is "obligated to respond to it, given that Sobraj is a French national."
Sobhraj, who had an unstable childhood and was imprisoned several times in France for minor crimes, began traveling to different countries in the early 1970s until he settled in the Thai capital, Bangkok.
Subraj befriended his victims before drugging, robbing and then killing them.
His first crime dates back to 1975 when the body of an American young man was found on a beach in Pattaya, and the name of Charles Sobrag is associated with about twenty murders.
His victims were strangled, beaten, and burned, and he often used male passports to travel to his next destinations.
Sobraj was called the "snake" for his ability to impersonate several people to evade the judiciary.
And "BBC" and "Netflix" produced a work adapted from his life, entitled "The Serpent".
He was arrested in India in 1976 following the murder of a French tourist in a New Delhi hotel and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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