Hollywood director Roman Polanski freed by Polish prosecutors

Film director Roman Polanski has been questioned by Polish prosecutors on a US arrest warrant for sex offences but allowed to walk free.

The maker of The Pianist and Chinatown has been sought by American police since 1978 after fleeing the country before he could be sentenced for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

But prosecutors in Krakow, southern Poland, released him after questioning him on Thursday.

"Prosecutors have decided it was not necessary to arrest Roman P.," said Boguslawa Marcinkowska, spokesperson for Krakow district prosecutors.

Polanski had said he was prepared to co-operate.