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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Katharine Hay

Man at centre of extradition case told to instruct lawyer ‘with haste’

A man who is said to have faked his own death to escape a sex assault charge in the US, and was then found allegedly hiding in Scotland, has been told to get a lawyer to defend his case “with haste”.

The accused claims to be Arthur Knight, a victim of mistaken identity who says he has never been to America.

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