Friday, November 27, 2009

Swiss: Polanski in jail until at least Monday (AP)

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Lorenz Erni, Swiss lawyer of Polish-born filmmaker Roman Polanski is surrounded by reporters as he leaves a district prison where his client is believed to be held in Winterthur, 26 kilometers (16 miles) northeast of Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. The Swiss Justice Ministry says it will keep Roman Polanski in jail until at least Monday. The 76-year-old director was granted US$4.5 million bail Wednesday on condition he remain under house arrest at his chalet in Gstaad and be fitted with an electronic bracelet. The ministry is still deciding whether to extradite Polanski to the U.S. for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. .(AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - Roman Polanski will remain in a jail outside Zurich for at least three more days until he meets the security conditions of his bail, a Swiss official said Friday.


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