Three teenagers have been jailed for murdering a 16-year-old boy during a confrontation between rival groups on a beach in North Ayrshire last year.

They were convicted of stabbing Kayden Moy on Irvine Beach on 17 May 2025.

Cole Turley, 18, who had pleaded guilty to the murder, and Jay Stewart, 19 were jailed for a minimum of 16 years.

A third teenager – a 15-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons – was jailed for a minimum of 14 years.

Passing sentence, Judge Lord Scott said Kayden Moy’s death was “pointless and unnecessary”.

He said the attackers “travelled to Irvine, armed, intent on a reprisal for some slight”.

He added: “It could have been anyone but Kayden slipped and fell.”

The court previously heard the attackers were members of the Murray Boys gang from East Kilbride, while Moy was a member of the rival Himshie group.

The trio had travelled to Irvine beach after a fight between the groups earlier that day.

Stewart, who was also armed with an extendable baton, had previously made threats towards Moy on social media.

The boys threw rocks at Moy and his friends – which prosecutors said was intended to draw them into a fight.

Last month, the jury unanimously found Stewart guilty, but were divided on the 15-year-old.

The court heard that Stewart and the 15-year-old – while acting with Turley – chased Moy and repeatedly stabbed him with a lock knife after he fell to the ground.

The three were seen on CCTV hugging and shaking hands minutes after the attack.

Prosecutor Liam Ewing KC said “those were the actions of those who have accomplished what they came to do”.

The teens went on to create a rap song mocking Moy who at the time was fighting for his life in hospital.

Turley also acted out the murder on the couch of a friend whose flat was used as a hide-out.

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