Violent gang members’ sentences increased after attempted murder

17 Jun 2026 03:24 PM

Solicitor General secures increased sentences for three gang members in Camden stabbing.

Kye Regis, Celyse Knight and Khalil Haidara, who were convicted of attempted murder, had their detention sentences increased by four, five and four years respectively, after the Solicitor General Ellie Reeves KC MP referred their case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

The court heard that in Camden, North London three members of the locally based Agar Grove gang, Regis, Knight and Haidara, attacked a rival gang member Omar Greaves, on 1 November 2024. All three attackers were carrying knifes and pinned down Greaves before stabbing him five times. Greaves was taken to hospital where he received life-saving surgery and recovered.

Regis and Knight were involved in two further incidents, before they were arrested. On 9 November 2024, they assaulted another rival gang member. Following this attack all three offenders were remanded into custody. Then on 30 December 2024 while in custody Knight attacked another prisoner with a metal bar.

The Solicitor General Ellie Reeves MP yesterday said:

Gang-based violence has a devastating impact on the safety of our streets. Regis, Knight and Haidara are dangerous repeat offenders who targeted rival gang members, attempted to commit murder, and continued to act violently before being taken into custody.

I welcome the court’s decision to increase all three sentences following my referral. As Solicitor General, I will do everything I can to support the government in trying to protect the public and tackle the scourge of knife crime and gang-based violence in our towns and cities.

On 19 December 2025 at Central Crown Court:

• Kye Regis was sentenced to 15 years’ detention for one count of attempted murder, one count of possession of a bladed article and one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
• Celyse Knight was sentenced to 12 years’ detention for one count of attempted murder, one count of possession of a bladed article, one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of unlawful wounding.
• Khalil Haidara was sentenced to 13 years’ detention for one count of attempted murder and one count of possession of a bladed article.

On Thursday 11 June 2026 at the Court of Appeal:

• Kye Regis’s sentence for one count of attempted murder was increased to 18 years, resulting in a total sentence of 19 years’ detention.
• Celyse Knight’s sentence for one count of attempted murder was increased to 14 years and 6 months’ detention. The sentences for one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of unlawful wounding were also adjusted to run consecutively, bringing the total sentence to 17 years’ detention.
• Khalil Haidara’s sentence for one count of attempted murder was increased to a total of 17 years’ detention.