Nicholas Rossi, the American rapist who faked his death and fled to Scotland in a bid to escape justice, has died in a US hospital.
The Utah Department of Corrections said the 38-year-old had been suffering from “chronic, degenerative conditions”.
A spokesman said Rossi died in a local hospital on Thursday after “he chose to remove himself from the care that was being provided”.
Rossi was found guilty of raping two women in Utah in 2008 after two separate trials in 2024.
He was ordered to serve two sentences of between five years and life consecutively.
Rossi had fled to Scotland in 2021 in an attempt to evade justice but was arrested in the Covid ward of a Glasgow hospital.
Staff had recognised his mugshot and distinctive tattoos from an Interpol wanted notice – but he claimed to be an Irish-born orphan called Arthur Knight, who had never been to America.
He gave an interview to the BBC, where he maintained his story – but could not produce a birth certificate or a passport.
