Former gov't adviser attempts to flee fraud probe by jumping off balcony

Piotr Bykowski, a former adviser to Poland's government, businessman and former Bank Staropolski president, jumped from a court balcony yesterday after judges ordered his three month detention on suspicion of fraud. He was taken to hospital with a broken leg and an injured hand. Prosecutors in Poznan are probing Bykowski's role in the bankruptcy of Bank Staroploski, which went bust in February after zl. 500 million of assets was shifted abroad illegally. Bykowski didn't appear at the court hearings for the past two weeks leading the prosecutors office to issue an arrest warrant. He was stopped by the State Security Office (UOP) at a border crossing on his way back from Germany. (Reuters, Rzeczpospolita, page 1) P.S.