Polanski to attend a hearing over his extradition in Poland

Warsaw - Roman Polanski will attend a Polish court hearing over a US request for his extradition over a 1977 sex crime, one of the filmmaker's lawyers said on Tuesday.

Grazyna Rokita, spokeswoman for the regional court in Polanski's childhood city of Krakow, said that the court will hear the case on 25 February.

Polanski's lawyer Jan Olszewski told The Associated Press that the 81-year-old director "will be in court, in line with his previous statements" to make the necessary explanations.