The long running saga over the extradition of Oscar winning film director Roman Polanski to the United States following a 1977 child sex conviction looks set to drag on after a Polish court extended the deadline for important documentation.
The court was due to rule today on whether to extradite the famous film-maker to the United States but it has not received the U.S. legal help it has requested.
This could prove to be a potential stumbling block in the controversial extradition case which has now been put back until mid-September.
The Oscar-winning director, who's movies include Rosemary’s Baby and The Pianist pleaded guilty in 1977 to having sex with a 13-year-old girl during a photoshoot in Los Angeles. Polanski served 42 days in jail before he fled to the United States, fearing he could face a longer sentence.
In 2009 he was detained, but released the following year, by Swiss authorities in an abortive American attempt to get Mr Polanski back on American soil,
