A Swiss court has accepted Roman Polanski's plea to be freed on bail from jail where he is being held on US child sex charges
The court accepted $4.5 million (£2.7m) to allow him to remain under house arrest at his chalet in the Swiss resort of Gstaad.
The film director will stay in prison for up to 10 days while the Swiss government decides whether to appeal.
The verdict does not affect the Swiss Justice Ministry's ongoing assessment of whether Polanski should be extradited to the United States for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. Polanski fled sentencing in Los Angeles a year later.
The court said Polanski would be subjected to "constant electronic surveillance" at his chalet and an alarm would be activated if he leaves the premises or takes off the bracelet.
Polanski has been wanted in the US since fleeing the country in 1978 after pleading guilty to having unlawful sex a year earlier with a 13-year-old girl.
He was held in Zurich after travelling from France to collect an award at the city's film festival in September.
He's been on the run for 30 years and they've given him bail? These electronic tags have been removed by kids in this country. Polanski has the money to employ an electrician to remove the electronic tag and fit it to a rocking horse whilst he goes over the border to France!
What is it about Switzerland and cuckoos?
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