Sheriff to deliver ruling on whether fugitive Nicholas Rossi should be extradited to the US from Scotland
Mr Rossi was arrested and detained, while he was being treated for Covid at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, in December 2021, in connection with an alleged rape in Utah.
At Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday Mr Rossi's lawyer argued that extradition would be a "flagrant violation" of his client's human rights. His interruption came as Mr Bovey argued that Mr Rossi had never been proven to be a US national citizen.Mr Bovey raised several issues he argued would breach Mr Rossi's rights if he were to be extradited, including making it more difficult for him to engage with lawyers and the condition of prisons.
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