Further bid to have rape suspect’s US extradition case thrown out rejected
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Lawyers for Nicholas Rossi, who authorities believe faked his own death in the United States to evade prosecution, applied for the hearing to be discharged after they claimed Rossi was not brought before a sheriff within the appropriate timeframe and was not processed at a police station in the normal way following his arrest in December 2021. Rossi was not present at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday when Sheriff Norman McFadyen refused to discharge the hearing due to transport issues at HMP Edinburgh where he is on remand. Sheriff McFadyen said he did not feel that Rossi’s case was prejudiced as a result of the delay in bringing him before the court in December 2021 because he was the “sickest patient the hospital had seen” with Covid at the time of his arrest, and it was “entirely reasonable” that alternatives should be sought.
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