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Alan McEwen

Suspected US fugitive found hiding in Scotland 'has no lawyer or legal funding'

A suspected fugitive battling extradition to the US on rape and fraud charges still hasn’t hired a lawyer nearly four months after being detained in a Scots hospital.

Prosecutors contend the man is Nicholas Rossi, 34, who faked his own death in 2020 and fled America to escape an array of alleged offences.

During an extradition hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday, he again claimed his name was actually Arthur Knight.

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