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.
[2] Upon Weir's conviction at the Old Bailey in December 2019, Justice Maura McGowan told the jury that they had made "legal history".
[3] 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.
[2] Weir was tried at the Old Bailey in 1999 for Harris's murder and found guilty, but in 2000 the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction on a technicality and he was freed.
[3] Justice Maura McGowan told the jury that they had made "legal history" by convicting a defendant a second time of the same crime.