Polanski trades jail for luxury house arrest

Roman Polanski is expected to trade the confines of a Swiss jail this week for house arrest in a luxury chalet with a view of the Alps, where he will await a Swiss decision whether to extradite him to the US on child sex charges.

Polanski has been in Swiss custody since being arrested on September 26 on a US warrant as he arrived in Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award at a film festival.