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Why 'bikini killer' Charles Sobhraj is being released from Nepal prison after 19 years
22/12/2022 10:57 AM | Click to read full article
The apex court of Nepal has ordered the release of French serial killer Charles Sobhraj from jail owing to his health condition and age. Sobhraj, now 78, has been in Nepali jail since 2003 after he was arrested from a casino in Kathmandu nearly three decades ago. The French serial killer had filed a petition demanding exemption on his lifetime term on the ground of old age.