A Los Angeles judge said tonight fugitive film director Roman Polanski must return to the US to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case.

Fugitive film director Roman Polanski has asked a judge to sentence him in his absence over a child sex case, a Los Angeles court was told early today.

Roman Polanski’s long-running sex case could soon be settled in a court deal even as the fugitive film director remains under house arrest in Switzerland.

ROMAN Polanski’s long-delayed criminal case will return to an LA court today for a hearing.

Roman Polanski’s long-delayed criminal case will return to a Los Angeles court tomorrow for a hearing.

The international tug-of-war over Roman Polanski escalated today as France and Poland urged Switzerland to free the 76-year-old director on bail.

A judge dismissed Roman Polanski’s bid to throw out a decades-old sex case because the fugitive director failed to appear in court to press his request.