American fugitive Nicholas Rossi portrayed himself in Glasgow as a well-spoken English aristocrat who was educated at Cambridge University and worked here as a professor.
He drank in local pubs, dressed in flamboyant clothing and made out to friends and neighbours that he and wife Miranda had led a lavish lifestyle but were now settling in the city to have a family.
In reality, the convicted sex offender had faked his own death in the US and was hiding from the FBI.