In Asia, it's believed Sobhraj would often poison people he intended to steal from, then nurse them back to health in order to gain their trust.Ĭharles Sobhraj (L) is escorted by Nepalese police to a waiting vehicle after a hearing at a district court on a case related to the murder of Canadian backpacker Laurent Ormond Carriere, in Bhaktapur on JPRAKASH MATHEMA // Getty Imagesĭepending on which source you cite, Sobhraj served either eleven or twelve years in Tihar, New Delhi, for the culpable homicide of Solomon, poisoning the French tourists, passport forgery and theft. Plenty of others were victims of lesser crimes at the hands of The Serpent too, who was first convicted of burglary in 1963, which he served in Poissy, just outside Paris. Although nine of his murder victims are known for certain, it's thought that there could be many others out there too – possibly up to 30, given that Sobhraj's crime spree spans an estimated thirteen year period. The decidedly evil couple were eventually apprehended and both put on trial for the drugging, as well as for the murder of Frenchman Jean-Luc Solomon, however only Sobhraj was convicted of the latter. Sobhraj and Leclerc were eventually caught by police in 1976 after their attempt to drug and rob a group of French tourists in New Delhi went wrong. While carrying out his crimes, The Serpent received assistance from his girlfriend 'Monique' (real name Marie-Andrée Leclerc) and their fellow accomplice, an Indian man named Ajay Chowdery – both of whom helped to lure young Westerners to Sobhraj's apartment in Bangkok. The multiple murders took place during the 1970s along the Hippie Trail in Southeast Asia, earning Sobhraj the nickname The Serpent, due to his cunning ways of evading of the authorities. The series concludes on BBC One this Sunday (14 February) and reflects a dramatised version of the true killings carried out by Charles Sobhraj (born Hotchand Bhawnani Gurmukh Sobhraj, who later styled himself as a gem seller named Alain Gautier). Many of us have been gripped by the BBC drama, The Serpent, launched at the beginning of the year.
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