Free at last thanks to Irish intern

INNOCENT of a crime he never commited, he spent 26 years in a US prison.

But yesterday, Walter Swift walked free, thanks to evidence uncovered by Irish woman Niamh Gunn.

Five years ago Gunn spent six months in New York working with Barry Scheck, the lawyer famous for representing OJ Simpson and Louise Woodward. Away from the cameras, for the past 10 years, he has run the Innocence Project, uncovering evidence to free the wrongfully convicted from life sentences and even death row. Scheck broke down in tears yesterday as he told the judge in court how Gunn’s tireless work on the case had proven Swift’s innocence.