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'Bikini killer' Charles Sobhraj convicted of second murder by Nepal court

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Last Updated : Sep 19 2014 | 10:30 AM IST

The notorious alleged serial killer Charles Sobhraj has been convicted of a second murder by a court in Nepal.

Sobhraj, who is a French citizen, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for murdering a Canadian tourist Laurent Carriere in 1975 in Kathmandu.

In 2004, Sobhraj was sentenced to a life term in Nepal for murdering the man's American friend Connie Jo Bronzich, The BBC reported.

The 70-year-old Sobhraj has been nicknamed 'the Bikini killer' because of links to two murders involving bikini-clad women. He was linked to a string of other backpacker murders in the 1970s, and served a 20-year sentence in India for poisoning a busload of French tourists.

Sobhraj was also dubbed as 'the Serpent' because of his ability to change identity and escape from prison, the report added.

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First Published: Sep 19 2014 | 10:18 AM IST

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