These are the first words of the French serial killer since his release this Friday morning.
" I'm doing well.
I have a lot of things to do and I have to sue people.
Including in Nepal”, confided to a journalist Charles Sobhraj, in the plane which takes him to France, after being released from his Nepalese prison where he was imprisoned for nearly 20 years for several murders.
Asked if he had been wrongly portrayed as a serial killer, he replied “yes!
yes!
".
The plane in which he took place with the AFP journalist is expected in Paris, via Doha, on Saturday morning.
Charles Sobhraj is in need of open-heart surgery and his release is in accordance with a Nepalese law allowing the release of bedridden prisoners who have already served three-quarters of their sentence, according to a Nepalese court which ordered on Wednesday that he be released. deported within 15 days to France.
The decision to free Charles Sobhraj, 78, imprisoned in this Himalayan republic since 2003 for the murder of two North American tourists, was taken by the Supreme Court of Nepal on Wednesday.
The serial killer was originally scheduled to be released on Thursday but his release was delayed by a day due to logistical and legal issues.