Rel­a­tives of pen­sion­er Wayne Bas­combe are ap­peal­ing to the po­lice to con­duct a thor­ough probe in­to his killing.They claimed his shoot­ing death was an act of reprisal.Bas­combe, 68, of Fur­ness Withy Pri­vate Road, Laven­tille, was shot dead on Mon­day in what po­lice al­so be­lieve was a re­venge act for Ja­son "Sad­dam" Alexan­der's death.Alexan­der was killed when he en­tered Bas­combe's premis­es on March 1 and robbed fam­i­ly mem­bers of valu­ables.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, Bas­combe was tied up dur­ing the rob­bery but man­aged to free him­self.He then armed him­self with a cut­lass. Alexan­der, who was chopped about the body, died.At the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre yes­ter­day, Bas­combe's rel­a­tives, who asked not to be iden­ti­fied, said it was un­fair he was killed be­cause he de­fend­ed his fam­i­ly and prop­er­ty from a gun­man."You can't fight for your rights again?" a fam­i­ly mem­ber said."They came to rob him (Bas­combe)...He un­tied him­self and was fight­ing to get the gun when the man got chopped."I can't un­der­stand you leave where you come from and come in­to the man's house to kill him."She said af­ter Alexan­der's death, Bas­combe had been threat­ened sev­er­al times.