Nicholas Rossi: How the mask slipped during US fugitive's court saga

I first met Nicholas Rossi - or Arthur Knight, as he insisted on being called - in February 2022 in a corridor at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

He was there to fight extradition to the US, where he was accused of rape.

Sitting in his electric wheelchair, dressed in a three-piece suit and sporting a wide brimmed hat, the raspy voice behind the oxygen mask was telling anyone who would listen that this was all a terrible misunderstanding.

His hands, meanwhile, were hoovering up reporters' business cards.

Rossi's departure that day set the tone for what became a familiar scene - a slapstick performance in front of the cameras during which he tipped his wheelchair onto the pavement while trying to manoeuvre into a waiting taxi.

Later that evening an unknown number flashed up on my mobile phone and I heard that same raspy voice.

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