Tragic Mr Beeston (69), who grew up in Knights End Road, Great Bowden, and attended Market Harborough Grammar School, was murdered on August 9 in Thailand in what appears to have been a cold-blooded plot hatched by his Thai wife and her lover.

The final weeks leading up to Mr Beeston's death have now come to light – threats and intimidation, which included his wife pointing a gun at him.

THE FULL STORY IS IN TODAY'S HARBOROUGH MAIL

The incidents had been logged by Mr Beeston and submitted to his lawyer in a letter sent just weeks before he was found clubbed and stabbed to death at his home in the north-eastern Thai province of Roi Et.

Wanna – 27 years his junior – and her 48-year-old lover Somchit Janong have been charged with masterminding the murder and appeared before a Thai court for the first time last Thursday.
of a foreigner isn't worth much around here."

The story of his murder has made headline news across the world and the Daily Mail has made reference to the Harborough Mail's coverage.