Man in Scottish court is US rape suspect Nicholas Rossi, sheriff says
by Jamie Grierson from World news | The Guardian on (#65Q6Q)
Suspect tried to convince courts he was an orphan from Ireland who had never been to US
A man who has been fighting extradition to the US has been confirmed by a court in Scotland as the rape suspect Nicholas Rossi.
The 35-year-old has spent the past 11 months telling the court he is Arthur Knight, an orphan from Ireland, who has never been to the US. But on Friday, Edinburgh sheriff court found him to be Rossi, a man the US authorities have been seeking in relation to two rape allegations and one allegation of sexual assault.
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