A man who raped women in two counties in 2008 before faking his death, fleeing the country and assuming a new identity was sentenced Tuesday to five years to life in prison.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge on Monday sentenced a man who appeared to fake his death and flee the United States to avoid arrest on rape charges to anywhere from five years to life in prison.

The 38-year-old, who faked his own death then adopted a fake identity in Scotland, was found guilty of raping two women in Utah.

Nicholas Rossi, the man now convicted of two rape cases in Utah after faking his own death and fleeing the country, was sentenced for his second rape conviction ...