Nicholas Rossi was convicted by a Salt Lake County jury following a three-day trial. The guilty verdict came just hours after he declined to testify in his own defence.

A Utah jury has found Nicholas Rossi guilty of rape in a 2008 case. He had fled to Scotland and changed his identity but later was extradited back to the U.S.

A United States man who faked his death and fled to Scotland has been convicted of rape after his extradition to his home country. Nicholas Rossi, 38, was found guilty of the 2008 sexual assault of his then-girlfriend by a jury in Salt Lake City on Wednesday.