DIRECTOR Roman Polanski won £50,000 (€72,000) damages yesterday in a historic libel action which forced him to relive the horrific murder of wife Sharon Tate 36 years ago.

ROMAN POLANSKI’S libel action against the publishers of Vanity Fair magazine neared its conclusion yesterday, with both sides in the case putting final arguments to the jury.

A RETIRED financier told a British court yesterday how Roman Polanski made a pass at his beautiful blonde girlfriend just weeks after the murder of the film director’s actress wife.

A retired financier told the High Court today how Roman Polanski made a pass at his beautiful blonde girlfriend just weeks after the murder of the film director's actress wife.

A New York editor told the British High Court today of Roman Polanski’s “tasteless and vulgar” romancing of a beautiful Scandinavian model just after his wife’s brutal murder.