Killer murdered two pensioners

A double killer murdered a World War Two veteran for jewellery including a gold watch taken from a German soldier, a court heard. Michael Weir, 52, allegedly beat Leonard Harris, 79. to death and also attacked his wife Gertrude, who was suffering from dementia, after breaking into their home in January 1998. Weir is also accused of bludgeoning Rose Seferian, 82, to death at her home in Marlborough Court, Kensington, west London, just weeks later on 9 April 1998. Mr…