Michael Weir

Michael Weir (born 1966) is a British double murderer and serial burglar who was the first person in English legal history to have been convicted of the same crime twice. Weir was also convicted in 2019 of the murder of 83-year-old Rose Seferian, who was also killed during a burglary five weeks after Harris, which made additional history as the first time a second murder charge was added to a double jeopardy case. Upon Weir's conviction at the Old Bailey in December 2019, Justice Maura McGowan told the jury that they had made "legal history". Three days after the attack police found a palm print on the bedroom door, but missed a match with Weir at the time as the comparative sample was of poor quality. Five weeks later, on 5 March, Weir broke into the home of 83-year-old Rose Seferian, stole jewellery and cash, and attacked and killed Seferian.