Relatives of Peter Beart, 76, told an inquest into his death they had spent years looking for him after he left following a falling-out over money.

Mr Beart had moved from Cambridgeshire to Norwich - where he had no previous connections - and used the surname Brown, meaning despite repeated efforts they were never able to track him down.

They told his inquest at Norfolk Coroner's Court it came as a "huge surprise" for him to be found in city and that they "always missed him so much after he left".

The hearing was told he had had a "distinguished military career" before ending up on the streets.

His body was discovered in the Wensum near Norwich's Foundry Bridge on November 11, 2025.

Police and forensic vans by Foundry Bridge after a body was discovered in the river Wensum in Norwich on November 11, 2025 (Image: Jack Warren)

A post-mortem examination established his medical cause of death........

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