Inmate charged with prisoner's murder

Police have charged a Hawke's Bay Regional Prison inmate with murdering a fellow prisoner last week.

Sonny John Keremete, 25, was found dead with stab wounds on March 29.

This morning police announced a 28-year-old man would appear in Hastings District Court today charged with his murder.

Police last week interviewed eight inmates present in the wing at the time of the killing.

- NZPA