POLANSKI LOSES NEW APPEAL, STILL FACES SENTENCING IN CALIFORNIA
Moviemaker ROMAN POLANSKI has lost the latest round in his bid to fight e xtradition to America - where he faces sentencing for a three-decade-old sex crime.
An appeals court has ruled that the Oscar winner cannot be sentenced ab sentia in connection with the child sex case.
Polanski is currently under house arrest at his chalet in Gstaad, Switz erland.
In January (10), lawmakers ruled Polanski must return to California to be sentenced for having unlawful sex with 13-year-old Samantha Geimer at a party in 1977.
Earlier this week (ends23Apr10), a California appeals court denied his victim’s petition for the dismissal of the case.
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