A suspected rapist who apparently faked his personal dying referred to as a convicted youngster intercourse offender to the witness field in his extradition case.

He additionally informed courtroom proceedings he cannot elevate his arms - regardless of doing so twice.

US authorities declare Nicholas Rossi is a fugitive who went on the run to evade severe intercourse prices.

He insists he's Arthur Knight, an Irish orphan who has by no means been to America, and that he's a sufferer of mistaken id.

Last November, nonetheless, a Scottish courtroom dominated that he was the suspect American authorities have been trying to trace down.

Rossi was first arrested in December 2021 on the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow the place he had been receiving look after COVID.

As the extradition proceedings draw to a detailed, the 35-year-old referred to as a fellow jail inmate in Edinburgh as a witness.

William King, 59, who was convicted of molesting three kids, mentioned Rossi had been handled "abysmally" within the Scottish jail.

King claimed he heard jail nurses shouting that Rossi was not affected by poor well being.

According to King, they reportedly mentioned: "You can get up. You can walk. Get up. You don't need oxygen."

Giving proof at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday, Rossi claimed he isn't in a position to elevate his arms above his head as a result of he's so unwell.

But in courtroom on Wednesday, Rossi raised his hand on two events with a view to entice the eye of his defence agent, Mungo Bovey KC.

He additionally mentioned he isn't paralysed however claimed his leg muscle tissue have been so badly atrophied he's unable to stroll or assist himself.

On Wednesday, the jail GP testified there isn't a medical motive for Rossi to make use of a wheelchair.

The extradition listening to continues.

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