The Real Serpent – what will Channel 4 interview reveal?

In 2021, BBC One showed a compelling drama about real-life serial killer, conman and gem dealer Charles Sobhraj. Starring Tahar Rahim as Sobhraj, with Jenna Coleman as his girlfriend, it chillingly recounted how ‘The Serpent’ – as the series was called – hung out on the hippie trail in 1970s’ Bangkok, disarming young backpackers with his charm before drugging, robbing and murdering them. At the time of broadcast, Sobhraj, a Saigon-born French national, was still serving 18 years of a […]