Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNicholas Rossi, an American rapist who faked his own death, has died in a US hospital at the age of 38.He was serving a jail sentence in Utah for the rape of two women in 2008, having been extradited from the UK earlier this year.The Utah Department of Corrections confirmed his death resulted from complications of an existing medical condition after he chose to discontinue medical treatment.Rossi, also known as Nicholas Alahverdian, was captured in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2021 after hospital staff recognised his distinctive tattoos from an Interpol notice while he was being treated for Covid-19.He had vehemently denied his identity during extradition proceedings, claiming to be an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight, but a Scottish judge ruled against him, leading to his extradition to the US in January 2024.In fullRapist Nicholas Rossi who fled to Scotland after allegedly faking own death dies in US hospitalThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Rapist who faked his own death and fled to Scotland dies in US hospital
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNicholas Rossi, an American rapist who faked his own death, has died in a US hospital at the age of 38.He was serving a jail sentence in Utah for the rape of two women in 2008, having been extradited from the UK earlier this year.The Utah Department of Corrections confirmed his death resulted from complications of an existing medical condition after he chose to discontinue medical treatment.Rossi, also known as Nicholas Alahverdian, was captured in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2021 after hospital staff recognised his distinctive tattoos from an Interpol notice while he was being treated for Covid-19.He had vehemently denied his identity during extradition proceedings, claiming to be an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight, but a Scottish judge ruled against him, leading to his extradition to the US in January 2024.In fullRapist Nicholas Rossi who fled to Scotland after allegedly faking own death dies in US hospitalThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
