Nicholas Rossi: How the mask slipped during US fugitive's court saga5 days ago Share Save Steven Godden BBC Scotland News Share SavePA Media Nicholas Rossi first came to public attention in the UK after his arrest in December 2021I first met Nicholas Rossi - or Arthur Knight, as he insisted on being called - in February 2022 in a corridor at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. The name Nicholas Rossi first came to wider attention in December 2021 when he was arrested on the Covid ward of a Glasgow hospital. He repeatedly denied being Nicholas Rossi, but when I asked about tattoos he said he was "too tired" to show me his arms. She'd been a college student in 2008 when Nicholas Rossi sexually assaulted her on the way to class. And yet Rossi stuck to his story – even as his extradition was approved and High Court judges refused his appeal.