Kayden Moy, 16, was stabbed to death on a beach in North Ayreshire following an altercation with three teenagers - today all three were jailed for his murder11:24, 21 Jul 2026Updated 12:11, 21 Jul 2026Three teenagers have been jailed after a 16-year-old boy was brutally stabbed to death on a beach in North Ayreshire.‌Jay Stewart, 19, Cole Turley, 18, and a 15-year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons, murdered Kayden Moy, 16, following an altercation on Irvine beach on May 17 2025. Today they were sentenced to a minimum of 16, 16 and 14 years detention respectively.‌Turley admitted the killing while Stewart and the 15-year-old were found guilty of murder last month following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.‌All three assailants had been members of the 'Murray Boys' gang in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, while Kayden and others were part of the Himshie group in East Kilbride.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.”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.‌Sentencing the three at the same court on Tuesday, judge Lord Scott told them they had gone to the beach that day with the intention of carrying out an attack.He told them: “Two of you took weapons including, in the case of Cole Turley, the knife with which Kayden Moy was stabbed.”He added: “You didn’t care whether Kayden lived or died.”‌The judge sentenced both Stewart and Turley to a minimum of 16 years in detention, and the 15-year-old to a minimum of 14 years.Lord Scott also referred to a victim impact statement from Kayden’s family, in which they said they are “devastated beyond words” by his death.‌The statement went on: “He was loved beyond measure, and he will be missed for the rest of our lives.”Prior to the sentencing, Kayden’s father Paul Moy said on social media: “Nothing that happens in that courtroom will ever bring our son back.“No sentence can fill the emptiness, the heartbreak, or the lifetime of memories we’ve been robbed of.Article continues below“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.”