THREE teenage killers have been jailed for a total of 46 years for the horror beach murder of Kayden Moy.
Cole Turley, 18, Jay Stewart, 18 and a boy of 15 we can’t name for legal reasons , Ayrshire, as hundreds of youngsters enjoyed a heatwave in May 2025.
Kayden Moy was just 16 when he was stabbed to death on Irvine Beach Credit: PA
His three killers have been nailed for the brutal murder Credit: Mark Ferguson
Turley admitted to the savage killing, while a jury found Stewart and the 15-year-old guilty of murder last month following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
The trio of thugs – all members of the Murray Boys group that terrorised East Kilbride, Lanarkshire – have now been locked up for the crime.
Jay Stewart, 19, Cole Turley, 18 and a 15-year-old were sentenced at Glasgow High Court to a minimum of 16, 16 and 14 years detention respectively.
There were emotional scenes outside court as Kayden’s heartbroken family celebrated his killers being nailed.
In a message on social media posted ahead of the sentencing, Kayden’s father Paul Moy said: “Nothing that happens in that courtroom will ever bring our son back.
Cole Turley admitted the killing Credit: Police Scotland
A jury found Jay Stewart guilty after a two week trial Credit: Police Scotland
“No sentence can fill the emptiness, the heartbreak, or the lifetime of memories we’ve been robbed of.
“Tomorrow is not about closure, because there is no such thing when you lose a child.
“It is about justice, accountability, and making sure my son’s life is remembered.
“Forever loved. Forever missed. Forever my son.”
Shocking CCTV footage showed the trio of thugs fleeing the scene of the killing Credit: Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
They were also seen hugging and celebrating the murder Credit: Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Sickening CCTV footage showed the teen killers celebrating the murder as they fled the scene.
In shameful scenes at the High Court in Glasgow, Stewart smirked at Kayden’s grieving loved ones as he was nailed for murdering the apprentice painter and decorator.
And a sick woman taunted the victim’s parents by shouting: “At least my son’s still alive.”
Serial blade thug Stewart had also dodged jail for having a machete just four days before the murder. The yob also had a previous conviction for a breach of the peace with a knife.
During the trial the jury heard that shortly before the attack Turley, Stewart, and the 15-year-old had been at the top of a sand dune throwing rocks at people on the beach.
Kayden’s girlfriend Keryn Knox, who had been with him at the beach, said they had been getting ready to leave at about 6pm when the rocks started to be thrown, and Kayden had gone up to confront the teenagers.
Ms Knox told the court: “I went up with him to try and stop him. At that point he had run up the hill and he was just shouting stuff back.
“Then Cole ran in from the side and Kayden has seen a blade and when he tried to run he slipped, and when he tried to get back up Cole has stabbed him in his left lower side twice.”
Ms Knox told the court: “His body turned completely white and his limbs were blue and people were crowding round him, trying to put his T-shirt over the wound.”
Kayden Moy was attacked while confronting the thugs for throwing rocks Credit: Not known, clear with picture desk
The trio have been jailed for Kayden’s murder
Another witness said he had gone with Kayden to confront the teenagers, and that as they reached the top of the dune, Turley brought out a knife and Stewart an extendable baton.
The witness said: “Then out of nowhere Cole (Turley) just started running at us. I ran to the right, so did Kayden, I jumped over a grass ledge, Kayden slipped and Cole leaped over and jumped on him.
“He had a knife and it hit. I saw one stab.”
The 16-year-old was so badly injured in the attack that he later died.
Stewart and the 15-year-old had denied the murder charge and had lodged special defences of incrimination.
However this was rejected by the jury, who found both guilty of Kayden’s murder after a trial lasting more than two weeks.
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