The extradition of US fugitive Nicholas Rossi could face delays as police quiz him over an alleged rape in the UK. Essex Police are making arrangements to question the conman at HMP Edinburgh, where he has been held while fighting the bid to return him to the US, where he was charged with two rapes and one sexual assault.
We revealed how food blogger Michelle Minnaar claimed she had been raped by Rossi after meeting him on a dating website in 2017. If charged, UK court proceedings would take precedence over the extradition process.
A source said: “Police don’t want to keep this guy in the UK any longer than need be but the facts are that if he is formally charged with the rape in Essex then the whole thing stops. The Essex case would take priority. If it goes to trial and then a conviction, you are potentially looking at years of delays.”
