Lorenz Beha was a watchmaker who was born in Germany in 1825 and later moved to Norwich.

His career was short-lived as he was bludgeoned to death and robbed while travelling on a road between the north Norfolk villages of Tittleshall and Wellingham on November 18, 1853.

According to newspaper reports from the time, his body was discovered in a ditch by a local butcher and a witness came forward to say they had found a labourer named William Thompson hiding in a bush nearby.

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