Swiss justice ministry agrees to Polanski bail

26/11/2009 - 13:55:49

The Swiss justice ministry has now formally agreed to release film director Roman Polanski on bail.

He is wanted in the US for having sex with an under-age girl in 1977.

The arrangement is understood to include a $4.5m bond and involves him being kept under house arrest at his Swiss chalet.


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