A bid by US fugitive Nicholas Rossi to have his extradition hearing cancelled has been thrown out by a sheriff.
Sheriff Norman McFadyen said “with some hesitation” he was going to allow the week-long hearing to continue. Mungo Bovey KC, acting for Rossi, made a motion to have the hearing “discharged” due to the request by English cops to interview Rossi. He added the request for a cross border transfer had come last October, but said the Crown had failed to raise the issue at previous hearings.
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