![]() ![]() Here, they had a baby daughter, Usha while he continued his career in crime. New Delhi: Charles Sobhraj, a Frenchman of Indian and Vietnamese parentage, was released from a Nepalese prison on the apex court’s order on December 23, 2022. After running a number of scams, he married Chantal Compagnon who was also his partner-in-crime.įollowing a prison sentence in Paris, Sobhraj and Chantal travelled through Eastern Europe all the way to India where he set up his base in Mumbai. Charles Sobhrajs daughter Usha is from his first wife Chantal Compagnon. Using the connections of a well-born French prison volunteer whom he impressed, Sobhraj turned to a world of crime in Paris. Sobhraj proposed marriage to Compagnon, but was arrested later the same day for attempting to evade police while driving a stolen vehicle. Following that there was no turning back for Sobhraj. During this time, Sobhraj met and began a romantic relationship with Chantal Compagnon, a young Parisian woman from a conservative family. In 1970, Chantal gave birth to their daughter. His earliest crime was a petty burglary that landed him a prison sentence. Unfortunately, it is not known if Juliette actually existed in real life, however, Juliette may be based on Charles first wife, Chantal Compagnon. Due to this he spent his early years living in Vietnam and France. Sobhraj's wife Chantal Compagnon renamed Juliette in the series a French woman with whom he had a daughter, brought a case against the French government to the European Court of Human Rights arguing that he had unlawfully been offered no legal assistance, but his sentence was confirmed by the Nepalese appeals court in 2005. Charles Sobhraj est alors g de 24 ans, et, en sortant de prison, il pouse la jeune Franaise Chantal Compagnon, rebaptise Juliette dans la srie. After his parents separated, Sobhraj’s mother married a French Army Lieutenant stationed in Saigon. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)īorn in Saigon to a Vietnamese mother and an Indian father, Sobhraj led a nomadic life. Sobhraj has appealed against the murder conviction, arguing that he had not visited Kathmandu at the time Bronzich was murdered and his lawyers say the evidence against him was falsified. ![]() Known as the "Bikini Killer," Sobhraj was convicted in 2004 in Kathmandu for the 1975 murder of Connie Joe Bronzich, who was repeatedly stabbed and her body burnt in 1975, and was sentenced to 20 years in jail. Peyre said that all the documents presented by prosecutors to convict Sobraj were fabricated and expressed hope that Sobhraj would be released soon under the changed political regime in Nepal. French lawyer for Charles Sobraj, Isabelle Coutant Peyre speaks to journalists in Kathamndu on May 7, 2008. Amidst the heyday of the Asian hippy trail of the 1970s lurked the mysterious Charles Sobhraj, who preyed on young unsuspecting travelers coming from the west. ![]()
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