SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges was found guilty late Wednesday of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials.

A man who reportedly faked his own death then fled to Europe to avoid rape charges was convicted of sexually assaulting his former girlfriend in Utah.

A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the U.S. to evade rape charges​ was found guilty of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials.