A wheelchair bound man has appeared in court and denied being an international fugitive who was discovered in a Scottish hospital whilst being treated for Covid-19.
The man denied being 34-year-old Nicholas Rossi during a hearing before Sheriff Alistair Noble on Friday afternoon at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
However, Sheriff Noble remanded the man after prosecutors described him as being a “significant flight risk.” Prosecutors say the male who appeared before Sheriff Noble is Rossi who is wanted in the States over an allegation of sexual assault.
He was first arrested on December 13 last year after being admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for urgent treatment for Covid-19.
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