Poland sends request to extradite Polanski to court: prosecutors

KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - Polish prosecutors have sent a request for the extradition of filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States over a 1977 child sex-crime conviction to a regional court in Krakow, the Prosecutors' Office in Krakow said on Tuesday.

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KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - Polish prosecutors have sent a request for the extradition of filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States over a 1977 child sex-crime conviction to a regional court in Krakow, the Prosecutors' Office in Krakow said on Tuesday.

"The further actions in this case will depend on the court," the prosecutors' office said in a statement.

(Reporting by Wojciech Zurawski, Writing by Wiktor Szary, Editing by Angus MacSwan)