Kathmandu:
The fate of 'Bikini killer' Charles Sobhraj will be decided on 14 July, when Nepal's Supreme Court gives its final verdict on the long-pending sensational murder case of an American backpacker in 1975.
Sobhraj was convicted by the Kathmandu district court in 2004 for the murder of American tourist Connie Jo Bronzich. The top court has fixed July 14 for giving its ruling in the murder of the American tourist. The date has been set by the division bench judges, Justice Ram Kumar Prasad Shah and Justice Gauri Dhakal, following the completion of the hearing. The bench has directed the defence lawyers and the prosecutors to furnish their written replies by July 6.
Known as the "Bikini killer" and "Serpent", 65-year-old Sobhraj has been accused of luring young women and killing many of them. Sobhraj, who is currently serving 20 years imprisonment after being convicted in the three-decade old murder case, has appealed to the Supreme Court against the verdict. Sobhraj's case was pending in the Supreme Court for more than half-a-decade now.
It is alleged that Sobhraj escaped arrest in 1975 after committing murders of two Canadian tourists, Bronzich and Laurent Armound Carriere.
According to the police, Sobhraj was arrested from a Kathmandu casino in 2003, when he arrived here for the second time in the cover of a French businessman. The second case involving the murder of the Canadian tourists is still pending in Bhaktapur District Court against Sobhraj, who was earlier in New Delhi's Tihar jail.
In the meanwhile, when Shobraj announced his engagement and marriage to Nepali teenager Nihita Biswas in 2008, his criminal record and the trial were splashed in the international media. It is said that, Sobhraj fell in love with the Nepali beauty when she met him to apply for a job as a translator.
Sobhraj was convicted by the Kathmandu district court in 2004 for the murder of American tourist Connie Jo Bronzich. The top court has fixed July 14 for giving its ruling in the murder of the American tourist. The date has been set by the division bench judges, Justice Ram Kumar Prasad Shah and Justice Gauri Dhakal, following the completion of the hearing. The bench has directed the defence lawyers and the prosecutors to furnish their written replies by July 6.
Known as the "Bikini killer" and "Serpent", 65-year-old Sobhraj has been accused of luring young women and killing many of them. Sobhraj, who is currently serving 20 years imprisonment after being convicted in the three-decade old murder case, has appealed to the Supreme Court against the verdict. Sobhraj's case was pending in the Supreme Court for more than half-a-decade now.
It is alleged that Sobhraj escaped arrest in 1975 after committing murders of two Canadian tourists, Bronzich and Laurent Armound Carriere.
According to the police, Sobhraj was arrested from a Kathmandu casino in 2003, when he arrived here for the second time in the cover of a French businessman. The second case involving the murder of the Canadian tourists is still pending in Bhaktapur District Court against Sobhraj, who was earlier in New Delhi's Tihar jail.
In the meanwhile, when Shobraj announced his engagement and marriage to Nepali teenager Nihita Biswas in 2008, his criminal record and the trial were splashed in the international media. It is said that, Sobhraj fell in love with the Nepali beauty when she met him to apply for a job as a translator.
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