A sex-offending fugitive has launched a desperate fundraising bid to help him stay in Scotland under a fake identity.
Nicholas Rossi’s begging letter on an online site asked unsuspecting members of the public for £25,000 to fight his extradition to America on rape charges.
The US citizen – also known as Nicholas Alahverdian – faked his own death in Rhode Island in February 2020 before fleeing to the UK where he was caught hiding in Glasgow.