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. Handsome, charming, and fluent in several languages, Charles Sobhraj was like some bizarre real-life combination of Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley and Thomas Harris’ Hannibal Lecter. It is likely that The Serpents Juliette was based on Chantal Compagnon. Using the connections of a well-born French prison volunteer whom he impressed, Sobhraj turned to a world of crime in Paris. In episode six of The Serpent, it is revealed Charles Sobhraj (played by Tahar. Following that there was no turning back for Sobhraj.
His earliest crime was a petty burglary that landed him a prison sentence. Chantal Compagnon was born in Paris in 1945 (aged 77 until 2022).
CHARLES SOBHRAJ WIFE CHANTAL COMPAGNON SERIAL
Due to this he spent his early years living in Vietnam and France. Chantal Companion was a French woman best known as the first wife of French serial killer and con artist Charles Sobhraj. After his parents separated, Sobhraj’s mother married a French Army Lieutenant stationed in Saigon. The Serpent: Charles Sobhraj is currently serving two life sentences (Image: GETTY) Charles and.
CHARLES SOBHRAJ WIFE CHANTAL COMPAGNON SERIES
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. Juliette in the series is believed to be based on Charles Sobhrajs first wife, Chantal Compagnon. 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. 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. The daughter, Usha, is in her early 50s and is said to live in the U.S. 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. Sobhraj had a daughter who is briefly shown in The Serpent with his first wife, Chantal Compagnon. 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.
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