If by string him up you mean tie him up, then he would’ve died of starvation or thirst, not old age. (The only definition I can find of stringing someone up seems to be hanged till death, which is its own thing)
This would involve feeding him and giving him water. But just enough to survive.
As for the definition thing it might be colloquial. Everyone around where I live refers to stringing someone up as tying someone to a pole or something like that
If by string him up you mean tie him up, then he would’ve died of starvation or thirst, not old age. (The only definition I can find of stringing someone up seems to be hanged till death, which is its own thing)
This would involve feeding him and giving him water. But just enough to survive.
As for the definition thing it might be colloquial. Everyone around where I live refers to stringing someone up as tying someone to a pole or something like that
Better just jail him?