Jane McSorley

Was he actually telling the truth? I thought this man in front of me was Arthur Knight. And the authorities had made a mistake. And I was like, good God.

I've been a journalist over 30 years, and I have never met a man like him.

It's a fairly small flat. I was welcomed very, very warmly by Miranda. Arthur's there in a wheelchair, you know, with the mask and the oxygen tank and everything, but he's dressed up to the nines.

I was just engrossed by him, really, because, I mean, everybody's talking about this man. Here I am, as close as I am now to you. You know, he was such a nice guy, I thought, how can he potentially be this Nicholas Rossi that alleged to be, you know, a rapist?

And it was after I'd been there at least a couple of hours. And straight away he agreed. So I said, would you pull back your sleeves?

Yeah.

I had my glasses on as well. I mean, I was completely in awe of this left forearm that up on the screen was like completely tattooed and now in front of me had no tattoos and no scarring whatsoever of tattoo removal. She even checked to make sure he hadn't covered them with makeup. It was quite a moment. So I thought this man in front of me was Arthur Knight.

And the authorities had made a mistake. And I was like, good God. You know, because he's so adamant.

It was. The story is stranger than fiction, but that's what's great about it.

He said the tattoos were put on him when he was in a coma.

Totally.

The advocate deputy was asking him the questions, and he asked him about the tattoos.

Well, he said in court that's. The tattoos were put on him when he was in a coma in the hospital in Glasgow.

The advocate deputy was just like about three meters away and he turned around and his face was like, it was like an emoji with a big open mouth. It was like he couldn't believe what he'd heard and neither could all of us.

One of his ex-wives had said that when they were together in 2015, that he was going through the process of getting his tattoos removed.

I mean, it was just, it was just some moment, you know.

It was just an automatic, oh, my God, that's Miranda. I mean, you know, I know my British accents. No doubt in your mind? No doubt whatsoever.

Oh, yeah. She's in on it, up to her neck.