Call to boycott 'paedophile' Polanski's new film

Child protection campaigners today called for a UK-wide boycott of Roman Polanski’s Oscar-nominated film The Pianist because of the fugitive director’s child sex conviction.

Polanski fled Los Angeles for Paris almost 25 years ago to escape sentencing after admitting having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl and has been warned by police that if he returns to the US for the 75th Annual Academy Awards he will be arrested.