Overview
- The three defendants were sentenced at Glasgow High Court on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, receiving life terms with minimum detention of 16 years each for Jay Stewart and Cole Turley and 14 years for the anonymised 15-year-old.
- Cole Turley pleaded guilty to killing 16-year-old Kayden Moy, while Jay Stewart and the unnamed 15-year-old were found guilty of murder after a trial last month.
- Prosecutors relied on witness testimony and video evidence, including CCTV and doorbell footage released by the Crown Office, which showed the trio pursuing Kayden, fleeing the scene and appearing to celebrate afterwards.
- Kayden’s family gave victim impact statements saying the sentence cannot bring him back and describing lasting devastation, while multiple young witnesses required special measures to give evidence.
- COPFS said the teenagers made themselves ‘potential murderers’ by arming themselves, a point that underlines wider concerns about knife-carrying, youth violence and the need for support for vulnerable witnesses.