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On the Trail of the Serpent: The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj
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DISCOVER THE INCREDIBLE TRUE CRIME STORY OF SERIAL KILLER, CHARLES SOBHRAJ, AND THE RACE TO BRING HIM TO JUSTICE
Charles Sobhraj remains one of the world's great con men, and as a serial killer, the story of his life and capture endures as legend. Born in Vietnam to a Vietnamese mother and Indian father, Sobhraj grew up with a fluid sense of identity, moving to France before being imprisoned and stripped of his multiple nationalities. Driven to floating from country to country, continent to continent, he became the consummate con artist, stealing passports, smuggling drugs and guns across Asia, busting out of prisons and robbing wealthy associates. But as his situation grew more perilous he turned to murder, preying on Western tourists dropping out across the 1970s hippie route, leaving a trail of dead bodies and gruesome crime scenes in his wake.
First published in 1979, but updated here to include new material, On the Trail of the Serpent draws its readers into the story of Sobhraj's life as told exclusively to journalists Richard Neville and Julie Clarke. Blurring the boundaries bet
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CCPR/C/99/D/1870/2009
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: Restricted *
11 August 2010
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Ninety-ninth session
12 to 30 July 2010
Views
Communication No. 1870/2009
Submitted by: Mr. Charles Gurmurkh Sobhraj (represented by Isabelle Coutant Peyre)
Alleged victim: The author
State party: Nepal
Date of communication: 21 November 2008 (initial submission)
Document references: Special Rapporteur’s rule 97 decision,
transmitted to the State party on 3 March 2009
(not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views: 27 July 2010
* Made public by decision of the Human Rights Committee.
Subject matter: Life sentence following unfair trial
Substantive issue: Unfair trial, arbitrary arrest and detention; life sentence imposed following unfair trial.
Procedural issue: none.
Articles of the Covenant: 10, 14, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7; and 15, paragraph 1.
Article of the Optional Protocol: 2
On 27 July 2010, the Human Rights Committee adopted the annexed text as the Committee’s Views under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol in respect of communication No. 1870/2009.
Annex
Views of the Human Rights Committee under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional
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Charles Sobhraj
French programme killer (born 1944)
Charles Sobhraj | |
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Statue depicting Sobhraj at rendering O'Coqueiro Cafй, Porvorim, India | |
| Born | Hotchand Bhawnani Gurmukh Sobhraj (1944-04-06) 6 Apr 1944 (age 80) Saigon, French Indochina |
| Nationality | French[1][2] |
| Other names |
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| Criminal status | Guilty[a] |
| Spouses | Chantal Compagnon (m. 1969)Nihita Biswas (m. 2008) |
| Children | 1 |
| Conviction(s) | Murder (2004 famous 2014) |
| Criminal penalty |
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| Victims | 12 confirmed, god willing 31 |
Span of crimes | 1963–1976 |
| Country | Thailand, Nepal, Bharat, Malaysia, Author, Afghanistan, Dud, Greece |
Date apprehended | 2003 |
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