Serial killer Charles Sobhraj walks out of Nepal jail after 19 years

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, also known as 'The Serpent', was convicted of multiple murders of young foreigners in the 1970s across Asia. He was released from a Nepali prison recently after the court ruled in favour of his age and good behaviour. Sobhraj almost spent 20 years in a Nepal jail.

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders of young foreigners in the 1970s across Asia, was released on Friday (December 23) after spending almost 20 years in a Nepali jail. Credit: AFP Photo

Sobhraj, 78, whose life was chronicled in the successful series 'The Serpent', was driven out of the prison in a blue police vehicle through a scrum of reporters. Credit: Twitter/@Binaj_APNepal

The French national was taken to immigration detention where he was escorted inside wearing a medical face mask, a brown woolly hat and a blue puffer jacket, ringed by police in bulletproof vests. Credit: AFP Photo

Nepal's top court ruled that he should be deported within 15 days but his lawyer Gopal Shiwakoti Chintan later suggested this might be delayed because of health issues.

Nihita Biswas, who claims to be the wife of Charles Sobhraj, is seen walking outside the Department of Immigration where Sobhraj is taken after his release from prison, following an order of Nepal's Supreme Court, in Kathmandu. Credit: Reuters Photo

Nepal police personnel stand guard at the entrance of the central Jail in Kathmandu. Credit: AFP Photo