13/04/2007

Four more arrests over Regis killing

Four more arrests have been made by police investigating the killing of 15-year-old Adam Regis in east London.

Adam, from Plaistow, east London, who was the nephew of Olympic sprinter John Regis, was stabbed in the chest and abdomen after a night out on 17 March.

A 19-year-old man, two men aged 18, and a male youth of 16 were held at two addresses in Plaistow at 10:50pm yesterday evening Scotland Yard has reported.

Five other people arrested over the murder have been released on bail.

(CD/JM)

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