A 30-YEAR-OLD miner is in police custody assisting with investigations into the murder of Orville Williams at Perseverance Backdam, North West District that occurred on September 8, 2016.

Police apprehended the suspect on Monday after a party of policemen went to Big Creek Backdam, North West District, and arrested him.

He was escorted to the Port Kaituma Police Station where he is assisting with the investigations.

Enquiries revealed that the men were at a camp at Perseverance when Williams choked a nine-year-old girl. Her parents had intervened after it was brought to their attention.

However, the suspect and Adrian John, who was previously charged and is on remand for the same murder, carried Williams to a camp where he was severely beaten and hanged at the camp site.