A US man accused of faking his death and fleeing to Scotland to evade rape charges has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend.

Nicholas Rossi was found guilty of a 2008 rape after a three-day trial in Utah in which his accuser and her parents took the stand.

He will be sentenced in the case on October 20 and is set to stand trial in September for another rape charge in Utah County.

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