Man accused of faking death and fleeing US to avoid rape charges goes on trial

Nicholas Rossi accused of faking his death and fleeing to Scotland to avoid rape charges, appears at a jury trial in Salt Lake City (Firecrest Films via AP, Pool)

A man accused of faking his death and fleeing the US to avoid rape charges has faced an alleged victim in court as a jury trial in Utah began.

The man known in the US as Nicholas Rossi, whose legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian, is accused of sexually assaulting two women in Utah in 2008.