A fugitive who faked his own death is set to stand trial over rape charges in the United States after his lawyer finally confirmed his identity, bringing a legal stand-off to an end.

Nicholas Rossi, 37, is accused of raping two women in Utah before fleeing across the Atlantic and starting a new life in Glasgow using a fake name and contrived identity.

He was deported from Scotland in January after a judge ruled that he was a liar and fantasist who had masqueraded as an innocent Dublin-born academic called Arthur Knight.