Charles Sobhraj, Better Known As ‘The Serpent’ Serial Killer, To Face Interrogation Over Murders He Was Never Tried For In Channel 4 Documentary
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The now-released serial killer known as The Serpent, who was played with aplomb by Tahar Rahim in the eponymous mini-series, is to appear in a Channel 4 documentary where he will face psychological and criminal interrogations over murders he was never tried for.
French national Charles Sobhraj, so nicknamed because of his snake-like ability to seduce his victims and cheat justice, was released from a Nepali prison in 2022 after nearly 20 years.
He was convicted of two killings but admitted to 10 murders in 1977, only to later withdraw the confessions. He is suspected of many more murders, but has never been tried for the majority of them, leaving the families of the victims with no closure or accountability.
In Channel 4’s The Real Serpent: Investigating a Serial Killer from Monster Films, Sobhraj voluntarily puts himself forward for hours of interviews with forensic psychologist Paul Britton, mainly focused on five widely covered killings in Thailand in 1975.
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