#Charles sobhraj documentary trial#
A statue of Sobhraj, in his signature peaked cap, remains at the eatery to this day.īut delays in the Indian legal system meant that the prison-break case did not come to trial for several years, by which time the Thai authorities had lost interest in having him extradited.Īccused of at least 15 murders across 10 countries, by the time he left Indian jails in 1997, his alleged crimes had fallen under the statute of limitations in Thailand. Police nabbed Sobhraj days later at a restaurant in the western Indian beach holiday state of Goa. He escaped from jail in New Delhi in March 1986 by feeding the prison guards sweets laced with drugs and sleeping pills. In late 1985, India agreed to Thailand’s request to extradite Sobhraj for the murders of a Turkish tourist and an American woman, Teresa Knowlton. But he remained in prison for his other crimes. He was acquitted on appeal a year later for lack of evidence. In May 1982, an Indian court handed him a life sentence for the 1976 murder of an Israeli tourist, Alan Jacob. He was also accused of the murder of another French tourist, Luc Salomon, who had been poisoned in a hotel in Mumbai. In July 1976, he was arrested in India after trying to drug a group of more than 20 French tourists in a hotel in the national capital, New Delhi. Under a cloud of suspicion, he fled to India.
Sobhraj, who would become known as the “Bikini Killer”, allegedly used his victims’ passports for mysterious trips linked to trade in precious stones and drugs. Other victims followed, beaten, strangled or burned to death. In October, the body of a young woman was found on a beach in Pattaya, wearing a bikini. He would spend time with tourists, passing himself off as a trader in precious stones. Sobhraj arrived in Bangkok in 1975 with his Canadian girlfriend and an Indian associate. He fled while on bail and went to Greece, where he was arrested – but managed to escape. In 1970, he moved to India, where he was arrested a year later for a jewellery heist. In 1963, he embarked on a life as an international lawbreaker, which would take him to Greece, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Sobhraj was born in Saigon on April 6, 1944, to a Vietnamese mother and Indian father. However, the true number of his victims is unknown. Here is a timeline of his life and alleged killing spree: 1944: Born in Vietnam
#Charles sobhraj documentary serial#
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