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"Roman Polanski has lost an appeal to be released from a Swiss prison on bail. A federal court decided that there was a &amp;quot;high risk&amp;quot; Polanski would flee Switzerland if such a move went ahead, BBC News reports. The controversial movie director remains in jail in the Central European country following his arrest there last month. He had been visiting Switzerland for a film festival. Polanski was taken into custody in relation to a 1977 US conviction for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. The filmmaker had fled to France before he could be sentenced over the matter. In a statement today, the Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland said: &amp;quot;The court considered the risk that Roman Polanski might flee if released from custody as high.&amp;quot;  Lawyers working for Polanski, who is currently awaiting extradition to the US, have now vowed to take the matter to Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, which is the country&amp;#039;s highest tribunal. Legal representative Herve Temime said: &amp;quot;We will seek to demonstrate that there is no risk in ordering Roman Polanski&amp;#039;s release.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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