Who is Nicholas Rossi and what is he accused of?

For 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 Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Rossi was arrested at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow in December 2021, but he has consistently insisted that the authorities have the wrong man and he is in fact Irish orphan Arthur Knight. Officials had to first prove he is the man wanted by US authorities, and after a five-day hearing in November 2022, Sheriff Normal McFadyen said: “I am ultimately satisfied on the balance of probabilities… that Mr Knight is indeed Nicholas Rossi, the person sought for extradition by the United States.” Here, the PA news agency takes a closer look at the key questions surrounding the case: – Who is Nicholas Rossi? Nicholas Rossi was born as Nicholas Alahverdian in Providence, Rhode Island, in July 1987 to mother Diana Alahverdian and father Jack Alahverdian, according to reports in US newspaper The Providence Journal. Sheriff McFadyen ruled at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in August that there was no impediment to Rossi’s extradition back to the US, with the final decision lying with the Scottish ministers.