The Serpent: From Nadine and Leclerc to Herman and Sobhraj, where are the real characters now?
Jenna Coleman as Marie-Andrée Leclerc in The Serpent Credit: Roland Neveu/Mammoth Screen Ltd For the past six weeks, viewers have been gripped by every twist, turn and slither of As the series comes to an end tonight, the story of Sobhraj’s eventual downfall – brought about largely through the work of Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg, but also the Frenchman’s own audacity – will be revealed, showing how one of the most remarkable cat-and-mouse chases in criminal history was brought to a close. Some of Sobhraj’s victims joined the hippie trail and never returned home, but many o...