KWEKWE POLICE arrest a suspected gold panners’ ring leader who is accused of killing a suspected murderer in rival groups fight

POLICE in Kwekwe have arrested a suspected gold panners’ ring leader who is accused of killing a fellow panner last year during a fight of rival groups of panners.

Likhwa Ngwenya (23) who was arrested last Friday is suspected to have killed Washington Dick in November last year.

At the time of his death, Dick was facing an attempted murder charge after he attacked Ngwenya using a machete following a dispute over a gold claim.

On Saturday, Ngwenya appeared before Kwekwe magistrate Ms Vimbai Mutukwa facing murder charges.

He was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody to February 1.

Ms Mutukwa advised Ngwenya to apply for bail at the High Court.