Roman Polanski rape case testimony can be unsealed, LA prosecutor says

District attorney George Gascon says his office has asked to unseal transcripts in effort to re-examine case

The Los Angeles district attorney's office will no longer object to the release of documents in the 45-year-old rape case against the film director Roman Polanski, the office said on Tuesday.

George Gascon, the Los Angeles DA, said his office had reversed its position and asked to unseal the transcripts of the testimony of the former deputy district attorney Roger Gunson as part of an effort to re-examine the case against the 88-year-old film-maker.