Nicholas Rossi: The man accused of being a fugitive

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It is a bizarre case that has been making international headlines. A man was arrested on a Covid ward in a Glasgow hospital and accused by the US authorities of being a fugitive who faked his own death to evade justice. They say Nicholas Rossi is suspected of a number of sexual assaults and is wanted to face a rape charge in the state of Utah. But the man at the centre of the extradition process claims it is a mistake and is challenging them to prove his identity. When I interviewed him at the BBC’s Pacific Quay in Glasgow, he was in a wheelchair, his voice competing against the hiss of an oxygen mask. He says he is not Nicholas Rossi – the man the Americans want to extradite on a rape charge in Utah. In fact, he claims he has never even been to America.(BBC)…[+]