‘The Serpent’ still haunting lives

This photo taken on May 25, 2021 shows former police officer Sompol Suthimai during an interview with AFP in Bangkok as he speaks about his personal involvement in the investigation of the murders of tourists by French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, now the subject of the television drama series "The Serpent". - Nearly half a century after he sowed fear along the 1970s "hippie trail", French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, the "Serpent" of the hit TV drama serial, still haunts the lives of those who crossed his path. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) / TO GO WITH Thailand-crime-television-Serpent, FOCUS by Sophie Deviller, Pitcha Dangprasith and Jonathan Klein

NEARLY half a century after he sowed fear along the 1970s “hippie trail”, French serial killer Charles Sobhraj (pic), the Serpent of the hit TV drama series, still haunts the lives of those who crossed his path.

Now 77 and jailed in solitary confinement in Nepal since 2003, Sobhraj is suspected of involvement in at least a dozen murders around Asia in the 1970s.