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Rapist, Fugitive & Fraud? Is 'Arthur Knight' Really Nicholas Rossi?

Wont his victims recognise him they can show the victims his face surely, we don't want him here its only a matter of time before he starts up again.
 
Spookdaddy said:
Some time back he refused to provide material for DNA testing purposes - but as far as I'm aware permission from the subject is not required in criminal cases (I think it's the same in Scotland as it is in England).
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DNA can be taken on arrest in Scotland, using reasonable force if necessary.

A reading of Alahverdian’s Wikipedia page will leave you shaking your head in disbelief. This heidbanger exemplifies the old police saying, “He’d lie if telling the truth would save him.”

maximus otter
 
maximus otter said:
DNA can be taken on arrest in Scotland, using reasonable force if necessary.

A reading of Alahverdian’s Wikipedia page will leave you shaking your head in disbelief. This heidbanger exemplifies the old police saying, “He’d lie if telling the truth would save him.”

maximus otter
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I doubt they'd need to ask for a sample. The amount of coughing and spluttering and the theatrical grabbing of items to stop himself falling over (yeah, right mate - Jimmy fucking Hill - as we'd have said back at school) - his DNA must be all over central Scotland by now.
 
Ermintruder said:
Yes, this has always had that totally-surreal cartoon feel about it.

I think I read somewhere that Rossi/Knight's 'medical oxygen tank' has sometimes been spotted en route to court as being in an off mode (as opposed to being.....on), despite it being ostensibly portrayed as a lifeline for him.

I noticed him at one point wearing overshoe spats (in addition to his pseudo-1920s gangster pinstripe suits), and his range of large bizarre hats are just pantomime gold.
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Did you see the video of him being tipped over backwards in his wheelchair? It’s a proper bit of slapstick.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Scotland/comments/tbm31k

I read the Sheriff’s judgement confirming him as Rossi when it was first published; it is strongly implied that there is no medical reason for his use of oxygen or needing a wheelchair.
 
Carse said:
...I read the Sheriff’s judgement confirming him as Rossi when it was first published; it is strongly implied that there is no medical reason for his use of oxygen or needing a wheelchair.
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I suppose you could call it the 'I've got a note from my mum' defence.

His behaviour reminds me a little of Victoria Breeden - convicted for soliciting the murder of her ex-husband, and a subject of one of Channel 4 (UK's) sometimes excellent documentary series, 24 Hours in Police Custody.

She probably (definitely) faked a chronic and debilitating back injury, accompanied by dramatic wincing, moaning - the odd collapse - and a permanently cartoon sadface. It seems (is) so utterly fake that it's almost funny - before it very quickly becomes infuriating. I have no idea how the peelers kept a hold of their tempers when dealing with her. (Similarly, I believe that the medical professionals involved could find no evidence of anything wrong with her.)

Really quite frightening in her utterly faux mousiness.
 
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There is something weird about this that is weird from the other weirdness involved.

Edward E Kramer was one of the main people behind the Dragoncon convention in Atlanta GA. This piece on Wikipedia details his many arrests:
Child sex offense arrests and convictions
2000 arrest

Kramer was arrested on August 25, 2000, following an investigation spurred by an anonymous tip, and charged with molesting three teenage boys. The investigation revealed that he had previously been accused of molestation in 1997 before the alleged victim recanted.[11] Before Kramer was arrested, he had a reputation for inappropriate relationships. According to Atlanta Magazine, he "was constantly surrounded by young boys".[12]

Kramer's first attempt to serve his pre-trial detention in house arrest lasted only a week due to a reported visit by a teenage boy. After that, he was remanded to jail. Kramer subsequently suffered a spinal injury while in jail. In response to that injury, and Kramer's assertion of declining health, Judge Debra Turner allowed him to go back to pre-trial detention in house arrest in January 2001.[11]

In 2007, former congressman Bob Barr said, "There is an overwhelming sense of injustice that pervades all of what has happened to Petitioner Appellant Edward Kramer."[13] Protests to "Free Ed" gained the support of science fiction writers Harlan Ellison, Anne McCaffrey, Robert J Sawyer and J. Neil Schulman.[14] Conversely, Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter said in September 2010 that Kramer had "done nothing but delay and blame everyone else but himself", agreeing with an assessment that the Georgia Court of Appeals gave in September 2007: "The record strongly indicates that Kramer either sought or knowingly acquiesced in the great majority of the delay and did not want a speedy trial." Kramer and his lawyers disputed this, stating that he had serious health issues that prevented him from sitting through a long trial.[11][15]

In 2008, after seven years of pre-trial detention in house arrest, and numerous delays in his court proceedings, Kramer's travel ban was lifted.[16]
2011 arrest

In September 2011, Kramer was arrested after Connecticut police found him in a motel room, unsupervised, with a 14-year-old boy despite being banned from contacting anyone under 18.[17] The felony "risk of injury to a child" was added to the list of charges for which he was to stand trial.[18]

In September 2012, Kramer was being held at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution, a maximum security facility in Suffield, Connecticut,[19][20] before his extradition to Georgia in January 2013.[21] On April 26, 2013, he was denied the chance to post bail, as the presiding judge concluded based on past behavior that he was likely to break the conditions of his bond.[22]
Guilty plea to 2000 charges

On December 2, 2013, more than thirteen years after his 2000 arrest, Kramer entered an Alford plea[23] to one charge for each of the three victims, just before his trial was scheduled to start.[24][25] In 2014, he sought to reverse the 2013 plea, with his lawyer claiming Kramer was forced into the plea bargain through prosecutorial misconduct.[23] The Georgia State Attorney's Office ordered the recusal of both the district attorney and the Gwinnett District Attorney's Office from the case, since they were also witnesses in the action. All Gwinnett County Judges voluntarily recused themselves as well.[26]
2019 arrest and indictment

On February 27, 2019, Kramer was arrested by officers from the Lawrenceville Police Department for allegedly taking photos of a young boy at a doctor's office.[27]

On September 18, 2019, Kramer, along with Gwinnett County Judge Kathryn Schrader, was indicted after being allowed improper access to the county's secure computer network.[28] Kramer was later charged with possession of child pornography as a result of that investigation.[29] Judge Schrader was subsequently suspended from the bench, pending the outcome of a trial.
Plea and trial

On February 3, 2020, Kramer entered an Alford plea of guilty to charges related to trespass into the secure computer network.[30] On February 18, 2020, Schrader's court case resulted in a mistrial.[31]
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The thing is, Ed Kramer visually did exactly what Rossi/Knight is perhaps also doing. Once arrested, he became "sick" and was always presented as on oxygen and in a wheelchair, neither of which interestingly were needed when he was arrested in 2011, where he had been working as a photographer on a film set walking around all day. Did what Ed do, which certainly appears to be feigning or greatly exaggerate illness in public for sympathy and legal leverage, become something that Rossi/Knight found out about and is using for his own ends?

More in-depth reporting about Ed Kramer in a local mag:
https://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/dragoncon-ed-kramer-child-molestation/
 
Spookdaddy said:
And his alleged name? Okay, I've done too may cryptic crosswords in my life, and after a while everything starts to look like a clue. But Arthur Knight? King Arthur? Knights of the round table? I mean, it's bonkers - but tell me something about this case that isn't.
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"He'd skimped a bit on his preparatory research and chosen Ford Prefect as a nicely inconspicuous name."
 
I wonder what his wife makes of all this? She looks both awkward and like she's acting to some degree but I could easily be wrong. I have no idea if he's brainwashed her or she's convinced herself he's genuine or if she also a victim of abuse by him as well.
 
This is ridiculous, just frustrates me when sick perverted things like that get away with everything, I sometimes wish for vigilante justice, it must be frustrating for the police as well.
 
Shady said:
This is ridiculous, just frustrates me when sick perverted things like that get away with everything, I sometimes wish for vigilante justice, it must be frustrating for the police as well.
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I’m sure he isn’t getting an easy ride in a Scottish prison (I read somewhere that he was complaining other prisoners were continually singing ‘leaving on a jet plane’ at him, which will certainly just be the tip of the iceberg for such an eccentric character who is also an alleged sex offender) but his life will get a hundred times worse when he is returned to America. I don’t know whether he’s in Barlinnie or Saughton but both prisons have a dire reputation for overcrowding and violence. It’s just a pity the court process is so drawn out thanks the ongoing effects of Covid and the general chaos in the justice system.
 
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Carse said:
It’s just a pity the court process is so drawn out thanks to....
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... Bellends like this desperately trying to escape justice by coming up with ever more ridiculous challenges to the deportation process.

(Frustratingly, a far from unique tactic in Britain today...)

maximus otter
 
maximus otter said:
... Bellends like this desperately trying to escape justice by coming up with ever more ridiculous challenges to the deportation process...
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In cases like this I'm not sure it's about a simple means to an end - at least, not solely about that. I suspect (if he really is who we all think he is - and I'm not sure that's in much doubt) people like this very much enjoy the process involved for its own sake, aside from any practical purpose.
 
Spookdaddy said:
In cases like this I'm not sure it's about a simple means to an end - at least, not solely about that. I suspect (if he really is who we all think he is - and I'm not sure that's in much doubt) people like this very much enjoy the process involved for its own sake, aside from any practical purpose.
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I wonder if at this stage he's started to actually believe he is 'Arthur Knight'
 
The bit I don't understand in all the weirdness is the 'fled to Scotland' bit. In todays digital everything society a person cannot just flee.

When I used to go on tobacco runs by coach to Belgium to buy cheap tobacco, sometimes on the way back at the customs in France we'd all have to go through customs carrying our tobacco with us to make sure no one had too much or travels too frequently. The first question customs would always ask is when was the last time you traveled to Belgium? If a wrong answer is given then the person would be hauled off for further questioning. My point being that every time anyone goes through customs anywhere in the world that information is recorded on a world wide database.

So if 'Arthur Knight' fled to Scotland to evade the authorities his departure from the US would have been recorded as would his arrival in Scotland. Also if he was wanted by the US authorities it would show up when his his passport was scanned by the US customs.

Also, what is the name on his passport? it's easy enough to find out.

This whole thing is yet another 'makes no sense' scenario.
 
kesavaross said:
The bit I don't understand in all the weirdness is the 'fled to Scotland' bit. In todays digital everything society a person cannot just flee.
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Probably because Scotland will treat him better than America?
 
Mythopoeika said:
Probably because Scotland will treat him better than America?
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It was more the wording 'fled to Scotland' rather than his treatment. A person doesn't flee anywhere nowadays. They usually travel by plane, boat, car, etc. If it's by plane, then that journey is recorded on a data base.
 
It does not occur to you that someone might enter a country through non-official channels?
 
Xanatic* said:
It does not occur to you that someone might enter a country through non-official channels?
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I understand that that is possible but usually only available to the very rich. How would a person like me or you travel from from the US to the UK via non official channels?
 
kesavaross said:
I understand that that is possible but usually only available to the very rich. How would a person like me or you travel from from the US to the UK via non official channels?
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Nick a small yacht and sail it over. Abandon yacht off the coast and come in on a rubber dinghy with an outboard motor. Dress like a tourist who has been out fishing, put on a fake English accent.
 
Mythopoeika said:
Nick a small yacht and sail it over. Abandon yacht off the coast and come in on a rubber dinghy with an outboard motor. Dress like a tourist who has been out fishing, put on a fake English accent.
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I suppose that's possible. There again, sailing across the North Atlantic in a stolen boat? I would hazard a guess that doing that would required a lot of sailing experience.
 
kesavaross said:
I understand that that is possible but usually only available to the very rich. How would a person like me or you travel from from the US to the UK via non official channels?
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If he arrived pre-Brexit it was straightforward. Fly to Dublin under his real name/passport, then drive or take the train to Northern Ireland and get on a ferry to Cairnryan under the assumed name using a fake driving licence (Irish or US) he brought with him as ID. He's claiming to be Irish anyway, so he presumably claimed to have Irish citizenship to get round the requirement for non EEA citizens to present their passport, though pre-Brexit this was far less stringently enforced at the ferry ports. Perhaps he holds a legitimate Irish passport in addition to his American one and used that to travel on the ferry, or perhaps he doesn't have an American passport at all but does have an Irish passport and used that for all the travel. Post-Brexit it is a bit more complicated but still reasonably easy to achieve.

For Americans it is also quite straightforward to invent a new identity with a stolen Social Security number.
 
kesavaross said:
I understand that that is possible but usually only available to the very rich. How would a person like me or you travel from from the US to the UK via non official channels?
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Although I doubt setting up a fake identity is quite as easy as it appears in the movies, it's most definitely possible - as is obtaining a false passport to go with it. I honestly don't think it has to be something as dramatic as stowing away on a trawler, or stealing a yacht - the guy is most definitely not James Bond.

It's not that straightforward working out the chronology of the actual charges against Rossi in the US. The one that is mentioned most often is in regard to an alleged rape in 2008, however these charges were filed (I think) in July 2022 - this is quite a while after he arrived in Scotland - so, effectively he wouldn't have been 'fleeing' an actual charge in regard to this case at the time of travel (although he may have been running from the possibility of one.)

From what I can make out, at the time of his journey into Scotland he was facing fraud, rather than rape charges, and in this situation, I can't help thinking 'flee' is media speak for the act of exploiting the time lag that most often exists between an individual becoming aware that an investigation into them may be approaching a charge stage, and and the processing of those actual charges, which can take time and may not be - in a complex investigation (and fraud is a notoriously complex crime to process through the courts) - that straightforward.
 
Carse said:
If he arrived pre-Brexit it was straightforward. Fly to Dublin under his real name/passport, then drive or take the train to Northern Ireland and get on a ferry to Cairnryan under the assumed name using a fake driving licence (Irish or US) he brought with him as ID. He's claiming to be Irish anyway, so he presumably claimed to have Irish citizenship to get round the requirement for non EEA citizens to present their passport, though pre-Brexit this was far less stringently enforced at the ferry ports. Perhaps he holds a legitimate Irish passport in addition to his American one and used that to travel on the ferry, or perhaps he doesn't have an American passport at all but does have an Irish passport and used that for all the travel. Post-Brexit it is a bit more complicated but still reasonably easy to achieve.

For Americans it is also quite straightforward to invent a new identity with a stolen Social Security number.
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Are you speaking from experience? Seriously though, I take your point.
 
kesavaross said:
I suppose that's possible. There again, sailing across the North Atlantic in a stolen boat? I would hazard a guess that doing that would required a lot of sailing experience.
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It would. Also, there is a chance that a search for a stolen boat would extend further out, possibly leading to a mid-Atlantic interception.
 
Carse said:
If he arrived pre-Brexit it was straightforward. Fly to Dublin under his real name/passport, then drive or take the train to Northern Ireland and get on a ferry to Cairnryan under the assumed name using a fake driving licence (Irish or US) he brought with him as ID. He's claiming to be Irish anyway, so he presumably claimed to have Irish citizenship to get round the requirement for non EEA citizens to present their passport, though pre-Brexit this was far less stringently enforced at the ferry ports. Perhaps he holds a legitimate Irish passport in addition to his American one and used that to travel on the ferry, or perhaps he doesn't have an American passport at all but does have an Irish passport and used that for all the travel. Post-Brexit it is a bit more complicated but still reasonably easy to achieve.

For Americans it is also quite straightforward to invent a new identity with a stolen Social Security number.
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Also, he knows that the UK now has effectively open borders.
 
Shady said:
This is ridiculous, just frustrates me when sick perverted things like that get away with everything, I sometimes wish for vigilante justice, it must be frustrating for the police as well.
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I've seen vigilante justice. It isn't pretty.
 
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