From diplomat to detective, this man helped bring Asia s notorious Serpent killer to justice
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From diplomat to detective, this man helped bring Asia s notorious Serpent killer to justice
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1969
1972
Allegedly commits first murder: a taxi driver in Pakistan. Jailed in Afghanistan for robbery but escapes by faking illness then drugging guards. Jailed in Iran and serves 12-month sentence.
1973
1975
Jailed in Athens, Greece for robbery but escapes by setting fire to a prison van. Allegedly murders at least six people in Thailand, and two in Nepal.
1976
1977
1986
1997
2004
2014 Source: The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj by Richard Neville and Julie Clarke, Reuters
On the morning of March 11, 1976, Gires had some bad news for Knippenberg: Sobhraj and his girlfriend Marie-Andrée Leclerc, a Québécoise also known as Monique, were planning to go to Europe for some time.