A U.S. man authorities say faked his death and fled to the United Kingdom to avoid rape charges has been sentenced to at least five years in prison.

A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend.

A judge in Scotland says a man who has spent almost a year fighting extradition to the United States is Nicholas Rossi, a fugitive alleged to have faked his own death to escape rape allegations.