Mafia boss wanted for seven-year jail term told British officers 'I'm not going back, they'll kill me' Domenico Rancadore, 64, is a convicted mafia boss who was found living in Uxbridge, west London He is reputed to have been boss of the Cosa Nostra in Sicily Judge denies mafia boss bail today and rules he may go on the run if freed Rancadore went by the name Marc Skinner while on the run in England Mafia boss: Domenico Rancadore, who was arrested in Uxbridge, west London, was denied bail today A fugitive Mafia boss wanted by the Italian authorities told officers who arrested him 'I'm not going back, they will kill me', a court heard. Domenico Rancadore, 64, is wanted in Italy to serve a seven-year jail term for his role in the criminal underworld. The mafia boss who fled to Britain in 1995, a chauffeur with a host of celebrity and business clients, was arrested in his semi-detached bungalow he shares with his wife in Uxbridge, west London, earlier this month. Dubbed 'The Professor', he is reputed to have been the 'capo' - or boss - of the Cosa Nostra in the criminal heartland of Trabia, Sicily. Rancadore was denied bail for a second time at Westminster Magistrates" Court today after Prosecutor Aaron Watkins said there were 'overwhelming grounds' to suspect he would go on the run if he was released. Mr Watkins said it was 'telling' that the former teacher, who was living under the assumed name Marc Skinner, had expressed his unwillingness to return to Italy to uniformed police officers. Rancadore wore a rugby shirt and clutched a white Bible as a female interpreter translated District Judge Quentin Purdy's rejection of his request for bail. He shook his head and exchanged glances with English wife Anne Skinner, who sat in the public gallery. The court heard that he had offered Mrs Skinner's home in Uxbridge as a surety for bail, in addition to £10,000. Mafia boss' wife: Domenico Rancadore's wife Anne Skinner leaves Westminster Magistrates Court today following the bail hearing But District Judge Purdy said: 'It seems to me clear that if you are released on bail there is a risk you will disappear. Your family has every reason to support you in that course of action. I can see no grounds to grant you bail and be satisfied that you will return. Mr Purdy said Rancadore would appear before the same court via video link on September 20. Westminster Magistrates' Court was told earlier this month that Rancadore was a leader in a murderous gang that 'spread terror in Sicily'. But defence barrister Alun Jones QC questioned today whether he had a senior role, saying that 'someone in Italy has thought "We'd better ratchet up the pressure"' to give that impression. In the dock: Domenico Rancadore is seen as he appears at Westminster Magistrates Court for an earlier bail hearing Telling the court that Rancadore suffered from hyptertension, angina and reflux, he said: 'In our submission a man in this condition, with family ties to this country, with his wife's house and £10,000, is not going to abscond.' Acknowledging that his client had been living under an assumed name, which he has used to get treatment from the NHS, he said: 'His case is that he has used the name of Skinner because he has no trust in the Italian legal authorities.' Mr Jones said that Rancadore was the only defendant who had not been acquitted of Mafia organisation charges that required the involvement of three or more people. He was convicted of Mafia links in Italy in his absence after he came to live in the UK with his family in 1993, the court has previously heard. He had been acquitted of previous Mafia charges that year after spending months in custody and more than two years under house arrest. Home: This is the house in Uxbridge, London where fugitive Mafia boss Domenico Rancadore had been living with his wife and two children until he was arrested