Man jailed for 130 years for murdering tourist released after fresh DNA test

A court officer removes Albert ‘Ian’ Schweitzer’s handcuffs following the judge’s decision to release him from prison immediately (Marco Garcia/The Innocence Project/AP)

A man jailed for kidnapping, sexually assaulting and murdering a woman visiting Hawaii has been released after more than 20 years after his lawyers presented new evidence and said he is innocent.

Albert ‘Ian’ Schweitzer, who was convicted in 2000 – the year after the killing – and sentenced to 130 years in prison, should be “released from his shackles immediately”, judge Peter Kubota ruled.