Slain guard, 91, laid to rest

Mourners carry the casket with 91-year-old Adolphus James to his final resting place. Inset is a photo of close family members.

Slain Linden guard Adolphus James, 91, was laid to rest at the Bamia Cemetery on the Linden Soesdyke Highway yesterday after a simple but emotional service at the Mackenzie United Mission Church, where his family blamed his employer for his death.

James, of Yuraballi Street, Retrieve, Mackenzie Linden, was found dead at the back of the Consumers’ Goods Complex building at Linden on September 12, 2011. The discovery was made by a female security guard who went in search of him after not seeing him in the guard hut.

It was believed that the elderly security guard might have tripped and hit his head on one of many cements rocks that