US man accused of faking his own death remanded in custody

The man, said by prosecutors to be Nicholas Rossi, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court (Andrew Milligan/PA)

A man accused of faking his own death before hiding in Scotland to escape sex charges, only to be arrested twice after almost dying of Covid and then missing his extradition hearing, has been remanded in custody.

The man, who goes by at least ten other aliases, including Nicholas Alahverdian and Arthur Knight, appeared at a hearing in Edinburgh on Friday in a wheelchair wearing an oxygen mask, pyjamas, a dressing gown and socks.