GSTAAD, Switzerland - Film-maker Roman Polanski, who is fighting extradition to the United States on a child sex conviction, will not be released on bail before Friday, the Swiss justice ministry told AFP on Tuesday. Federal Justice Ministry spok
LONDON A former security consultant wanted in the U.S. on charges of defrauding a client of more than $2 million was refused bail in a British court Wednesday. Kevin Halligen, 48, was arrested Tuesday after staff at a British hotel recognized him f
GENEVA - Roman Polanski awaited release from a Swiss prison on Thursday after a court granted him a 4.5 million dollar bail pending a final decision on whether he should be extradited to the United States over a child sex case. The 76-year-old Osca
GENEVA - Roman Polanski has been granted $4.5 million bail, clearing the way for the fugitive director to move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Alpine resort chalet. The justice minister said Wednesday s
GENEVA - Switzerland's top criminal court said Wednesday it had granted bail to film-maker Roman Polanski, saying his offer of 4.5 million dollars and to go under house arrest was enough to prevent his escape. With decision dated November 24, 2009
GENEVA - A Swiss court granted Roman Polanski bail on Wednesday, accepting $4.5 million to allow him to remain under house arrest at his chalet. The director will stay in prison for up to 10 days while the Swiss government decides whether to appeal.
GENEVA - Switzerland's top criminal court has accepted film-maker Roman Polanski's plea to be freed on bail from a Swiss jail where he is held for a 1977 US child sex case, an official told AFP Wednesday. The Federal Penal Tribunal has asked us to
PARIS - A French lawyer for Roman Polanski says he has submitted a new bail offer to a Swiss court to try to free the filmmaker from jail. Lawyer Herve Temime says the offer Monday includes adequate guarantees that Polanski will not flee justice i
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