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Alan McEwen

US fugitive rape suspect ordered to provide ID docs after refusing DNA sample

A rape suspect fighting extradition to the US has been given seven days by a court to lodge documents proving his claimed identity is real.

Nicholas Rossi, who fled to Scotland from America to escape an array of alleged offences, maintains he is actually a man called Arthur Knight.

Rossi, 34, failed to appear at his extradition hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday with his wife claiming he has covid.

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