A fugitive who faked his personal dying to keep away from dealing with costs within the US – together with rape – has lastly been kicked out of Scotland and despatched again to Utah after a prolonged authorized battle.
Nicholas Rossi, 36, led an astonishing Walter Mitty lifetime of deception after faking his personal dying in 2017 and fleeing the US. He has been telling courts he’s an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight.
He got here to the eye of authorities in 2021 when he was being handled for Covid-19 in Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow. He was arrested on December 13, 2021.
The weird case gained worldwide media consideration as Rossi, who turned as much as court docket in a wheelchair whereas utilizing an oxygen masks, claimed he had been the sufferer of mistaken id – persevering with to insist was Arthur Knight.
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A court docket dominated he was in reality Nicholas Rossi and an extradition order was signed in September. His last attraction in opposition to extradition was dismissed final month.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland mentioned at the moment (Friday, January 5): “We assisted partner agencies with the extradition of a 36-year-old man.”
Rossi is needed within the US for allegedly raping a lady in Utah in 2008. He additionally faces home abuse costs.
It is known police in Essex are additionally investigating him in relation to a non-recent allegation of rape. He was arrested final 12 months in reference to that investigation and has been bailed till March.
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The choice of Lady Dorrian, Lord Malcolm and Lord Armstrong to reject his attraction in opposition to extradition said: “The evidence supporting that the appellant is Nicholas Rossi was overwhelming. He did not, nor does he now, produce anything which would suggest to the contrary.
“The conspiracy theories which he tendered in rationalization have been correctly rejected. The sheriff rigorously thought of the submissions made on the appellant’s behalf as to the potential limitations to his extradition.
“Having heard evidence from various medical witnesses, there was quite simply nothing to support that he was suffering from any mental health condition, far less one which would render it unjust or oppressive to extradite him.”
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