Serial killer featured in Netflix series ‘The Serpent’ says he never killed anyone

The French serial killer known as “The Serpent” proclaimed his innocence after his release from prison.

“I have used a few stolen passports, but I have never killed anyone, and I will prove it,” Charles Sobhraj, 78, told French newspaper Le Monde. “Right now, I’m running around trying to redo my papers.”

Sobhraj left a Nepalese prison, where he had been serving a 20-year sentence, after the country’s Supreme Court ordered his release on the grounds of poor health, good behavior and having served most of his time.

It reportedly killed at least 20 American and Canadian backpackers in Afghanistan, India, Thailand, Turkey, Nepal, Iran and Hong Kong during the 1970s. A Nepalese court convicted him in 2004 and sentenced him to life in prison, the country’s only 20 years.

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His crimes, including passport forgery, were featured in the Netflix series “The Serpent”, which also aired on the BBC. The series featured depictions of Sobhraj killing his victims. Now that he’s out of jail, Sobhraj has launched an all-out media offensive in an attempt to change the narrative, according to the Daily Mail.

His release and subsequent media coverage caused an uproar in France, particularly among those who claim to have fallen victim to his schemes but survived.

Michael Jacomet, 75, said he was part of a party of people Sobhraj drugged in 1976. He described Sobhraj as “a monster with human characteristics” and added that he was “able to do anything” despite his age and health. .

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In an interview with French television network TF1, Sobhraj admitted to targeting tourists across South Asia by posing as a jewelry seller, but nothing more.

“I sold rubies, sapphires, emeralds – it was too much, he said.” I contacted someone. It was always a tourist or a trader.”

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj sits on a plane from Kathmandu to France on December 23, 2022. (Atish Patel/AFP via Getty Images)

“And always, if it went well, we went drinking together in the evening,” he added. “I put a potion in his glass, a good dose, so he slept until I got to my room. It was here that I took his things, ordinary money or other things.”

“I am not a murderer,” Sobhraj protested, claiming that “the whole world” was against him. “I never hit anybody.”

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Sobhraj accused the media of exaggerating his troubles and labeling him “The Serpent”, and complained that he never understood the title, although he speculated that it was due to his ability to break out of prison. is due to

Sobhraj claimed to have escaped from 10 prisons around the world, but the name was allegedly derived from his use of multiple fake identities to evade arrest prior to his 2004 conviction.

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj looks at his mobile phone while on his way to France at Doha airport on December 23, 2022. Sobhraj, who was linked to at least two dozen murders in Asia in the 1970s and inspired the Netflix series “The Serpent.” Released in Nepal and transferred to France, where he is expected on the morning of December 24, 2022. (Atish Patel/AFP via Getty Images)

He continued to defend his innocence, even when confronted with evidence of the death at his Kannet House hostel in Bangkok, insisting that the death was the result of a drug overdose, as “post The autopsy revealed”.

Despite being relieved of his ill health, Sobhraj cannot get free healthcare in France because he does not have proof that he has been in the country for at least three months, The Mirror reported. Is.

K Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.