AN elderly live-in watchman met a tragic end in a freak accident sometime Saturday night when he tried to climb a high security fence at Best Buy Auto Sales, located at Lot 171 Peter Rose Street, Queenstown, Georgetown.According to reports, it was habitual for the man, identified as Hamjad Ali, 64, to climb the high fence to exit the secured business place in order to make purchases; and on Saturday night, it was no different.

The watchman, who also stays at the property, managed to climb the fence and had bought several bottles of alcoholic beverages which he rolled under the fence.
However, when he was climbing the fence, he somehow got caught by his shirt and reportedly strangled himself.
His body was observed, early yesterday morning, dangling from the side fence which is very high and outfitted with razor wire. The police were summoned to the scene, after which the body was taken down and removed.
Sleuths said they arrived at the scene at about 07:00 hours yesterday after one of the workers at the business found the man’s body suspended on the fence and being held there by his shirt.
A post-mortem examination is expected shortly.

(By Michel Outridge)