RAPE suspect Nicholas Rossi dodged his deportation D-Day listening to after catching Covid – the identical sickness that led him to first being arrested in Scotland.
The fugitive’s essential extradition resolution case at Edinburgh Sheriff Court docket was scrapped resulting from “medical causes”.
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And it might probably now be revealed the 35-year-old – who is needed within the USA on intercourse assault fees – is recovering from the virus in Edinburgh’s Saughton nick after spending a short while in hospital.
The household of the US fugitive blasted him after he dodged a recent deportation listening to by catching Covid for a second time.
David Rossi, 64, had no sympathy for his stepson who he swears has been mendacity about his true identification.
Satirically, it was a bout of Covid that noticed the 35-year-old hospitalised then nicked in a Glasgow hospital in 2021 whereas on the run from American authorities.
The rape suspect’s current analysis noticed him dodge his make-or-break extradition listening to yesterday.
After a brief hospital go to earlier within the week Rossi was hauled again to Edinburgh’s Saughton nick to recuperate in “isolation”.
David, of Johnson, Rhode Island, mentioned: “He’s simply received to present it up and face the music.
“He’s an fool, thinks he’ll get away with it by placing on weight.
“He’s simply losing time by spinning his wheels.
“Now he’s really received Covid, wow.”
The fugitive is battling extradition over allegations of rape, intercourse assaults and fraud. The listening to was resulting from lastly rule whether or not Rossi ought to be despatched again to his native America to face justice.
An insider mentioned: “Rossi took unwell which initially raised a couple of eyebrows given he has a historical past for complaining of thriller diseases.
“Nevertheless he later was examined which confirmed he did the truth is have Covid.
“He spent a while in hospital however his situation was not as unhealthy as when he first caught it in 2021.
“So any hopes he had of having fun with a while in additional comfy environment went out the window.
“He was taken again to jail the place preparations had been made to isolate him whereas he recovered.”
Scottish Conservative MSP Sue Webber added: “As he recovers from his newest bout of the virus, the irony received’t be misplaced on Nicholas Rossi.
“When he beforehand had Covid, it resulted within the authorities coming to arrest him whereas he was in hospital.”
The Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service confirmed this week’s listening to was “postponed for medical causes”.
Rossi has repeatedly insisted he’s the sufferer of mistaken identification, final month saying: “I’ve thought of going to the United States to easily show I’m not Nicholas Rossi.”
The convicted intercourse offender claims to be Irish orphan Arthur Knight regardless of overwhelming proof.
He additionally claimed he has been “uncared for and mistreated” to the extent he’s suffered “bodily and psychologically”.
And at a listening to final week Rossi’s lawyer mentioned he was “hard-wired for battle”.
Mungo Bovey KC requested proceedings be delayed for a psychological well being evaluation of Rossi.
His defence crew argued it could be a “flagrant violation” of his human rights to extradite him.
Mr Bovey instructed Edinburgh Sheriff Court docket: “It’s not clear that any analysis and therapy can be supplied to him in Utah State jail.
“With the sentence within the States for this crime being 5 years to life imprisonment, what can be seen as unhealthy behaviour may lengthen his keep in jail.
“For a man the place battle is hard-wired, he could possibly be in jail for a really very long time.”
Throughout the listening to Rossi twice instructed the court docket he needed to “dismiss counsel”.
That drew a warning from Sheriff Norman McFadyen who instructed him: “If you’re disruptive, I’ll have you ever eliminated.”
Sheriff McFadyen was resulting from verify whether or not there was something stopping Rossi being extradited. A brand new listening to date of August 2 has been set.
We instructed how Rossi was first arrested in two years in the past at a Glasgow hospital following a Covid battle.
It adopted a global manhunt after a court docket dominated he faked his personal loss of life to keep away from critical fees in America.
Rossi gave the US TV interview, broadcast in April, to refute claims he was mendacity about his mobility.
A Scottish Jail Spokesperson mentioned: “We don’t touch upon particular person prisoners.”
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