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Cole Turley (left) and Jay Stewart were 2 of the 3 attackers
Three teenagers person been jailed for murdering a 16-year-old lad during a confrontation betwixt rival groups connected a formation successful North Ayrshire past year.
They were convicted of stabbing Kayden Moy connected Irvine Beach connected 17 May 2025.
Cole Turley, 18, who had pleaded blameworthy to the murder, and Jay Stewart, 19 were jailed for a minimum of 16 years.
A 3rd teen - a 15-year-old who cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons - volition beryllium detained for a minimum of 14 years.
Speaking extracurricular the High Court successful Glasgow, Moy's Dad said his household had been fixed a beingness sentence.
Paul Moy said: "While today's result brings a measurement of justice, it does not bring peace, it does not bring our lad back.
"Kayden was much than a sanction successful the courtroom oregon a header successful the news, helium was our son, helium was loved beyond words and had his full beingness up of him.
"We anticipation today's condemnation sends a wide connection that unit has a devastating and irreversible consequences.
"One infinitesimal of unit has destroyed truthful galore lives and nary household should ever person to endure the symptom that we present unrecorded with each day."
Passing sentence, Judge Lord Scott said Kayden Moy's decease was "pointless and unnecessary".
He said the attackers "travelled to Irvine, armed, intent connected a reprisal for immoderate slight".
He added: "It could person been anyone but Kayden slipped and fell."
The tribunal heard that Stewart and the 15-year-old - portion acting with Turley - chased Moy and repeatedly stabbed him with a fastener weapon aft helium fell to the ground.
The 3 were seen connected CCTV hugging and shaking hands minutes aft the attack.
They besides went connected to make a rap opus mocking Moy who astatine the clip was warring for his beingness successful hospital, and Turley acted retired the execution connected the sofa of a person whose level was utilized arsenic a hide-out.
That friend, Fraser Wallace, told the tribunal the teenagers were "over the moon" aft the attack.
He said: "I person ne'er seen radical arsenic blessed successful my life."
Stewart and the 15-year-old had some denied execution but were recovered blameworthy past period after a proceedings astatine the High Court successful Glasgow.
Prosecutor Liam Ewing KC said the group's evident congratulations to each different aft the stabbing were "the actions of those who person accomplished what they came to do".
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Kayden Moy was attacked connected Irvine Beach past year
The proceedings heard the attackers were members of the Murray Boys pack from East Kilbride, portion Moy was a subordinate of the rival Himshie group.
The trio had travelled to Irvine formation aft a combat betwixt the groups earlier that day.
Stewart, who was besides equipped with an extendable baton, had antecedently made threats towards Moy connected societal media.
The boys threw rocks astatine Moy and his friends - which prosecutors said was intended to gully them into a fight.
After the stabbing, which led to scenes of chaos connected the beach, they took a taxi backmost to East Kilbride.
Teenagers hug successful thoroughfare arsenic they fly the country of a fatal weapon onslaught connected Kayden Moy
Earlier, Donald Findlay KC spoke successful mitigation for Stewart. He told the tribunal that Stewart and Kayden Moy had been "close friends astatine 1 time".
He added: "But 2 groups were formed and took to behaving successful the mode that they did. Violence was commonplace."
He said Stewart regrets what happens and has been "very affected" since his conviction.
Stewart was taxable to a assemblage payback bid astatine the clip for possession of a machete which was imposed 4 days earlier the murder.
His different erstwhile condemnation was a breach of the bid with a knife.
Mark Stewart KC, representing Turley, said the 18-year-old "didn't mean to termination oregon privation to termination Kayden Moy but helium accepts that helium did".
Iain Duguid KC for the 3rd teen said helium was 14-years-old astatine the clip of the execution and his "immaturity" had been highlighted successful transgression justness societal enactment reports.
He said the teen had a "traumatic upbringing" and has since engaged successful acquisition projects portion successful unafraid accommodation.
He volition beryllium detained successful unafraid accommodation until helium is 19, earlier being transferred to prison.
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