A Frenchman, linked to a series of grisly killings across Asia in the 1970s, is contesting a murder conviction over the death of an American backpacker in 1975.
Charles Sobhraj, 65, could walk free if the court overturns his 20-year sentence over the murder of Connie Joe Bronzich, a tourist who was stabbed repeatedly before her body was burnt and dumped on the outskirts of Kathmandu, the Nepalese capital.
A Kathmandu district court originally sentenced Sobraj, who has been described over the years as a charming conman, to life imprisonment in 2004.
The judgment was later upheld by another district court a year later.
Sobhraj has always maintained his innocence in the case, saying he had never visited Nepal before he was arrested at a Kathmandu casino in 2003.
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