American Fugitive Nicholas Rossi has been extradited from Scotland to the US following a long legal battle amid heavy sexual assault allegations. Scottish ministers signed an order in September last year giving permission for Nicholas Rossi, 36, to be extradited, following a lengthy case in the Scottish courts. Rossi had claimed he had been the victim of mistaken identity telling courts he is an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight.But a police officer found he was Nicholas Rossi, and the appeal against extradition was dismissed in December, removing all obstacles towards extradition.A spokesperson for Police Scotland said on Friday, December 5: We assisted partner agencies with the extradition of a 36-year-old man.Rossi is wanted in the US for allegedly raping a woman in Utah in 2008 and also faces a number of domestic abuse charges.He initially came to the attention of the authorities after being admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow with Covid-19 in December 2021.Rossi was served an Interpol red notice and a National Crime Agency certificate, a document Rossi claims never to have received, while he was in hospital the same month. The post Man who faked his death to avoid r@pe charges finally extradited to the US appeared first on Ringroad.com.ng Your Free Online Search Engine .
