A MURDER trial for two boys accused of killing Kayden Moy on Irvine beach was told that three teenagers made up a rap song about him after he was allegedly stabbed to death.
Mr Moy died on May 17, 2025.
Fraser Wallace, 19, gave evidence at the trial of Jay Stewart, 18 and a 15-year-old boy. Cole Turley, 18, who is friends with Mr Wallace, earlier pleaded guilty to the murder.
Mr Wallace claimed Turley, Stewart and the 15-year-old "rapped" after hearing Mr Moy was initially alive.
They are stated to have sang: "Kayden bop, Kayden bop, Kayden bop" while touching their stomachs and legs.
The trio are also stated to have added a lyric which says Kayden was "cheffed up".
It was claimed that the teenagers were "ecstatic and over the moon" after coming up with the rap.
The murder charge says Stewart and the 15-year-old, while acting with Turley, pursued Mr Moy and caused him to fall to the ground before they repeatedly stabbed him to the body.
It is alleged that Stewart and the other teenager had previous ill-will and malice towards him.
Turley pleaded guilty before trial to the murder charge. The two teens on trial have lodged a special defence of incrimination against him.
The trial had previously heard that Turley, Stewart and the 15-year-old were part of The Murray Boys gang of East Kilbride. Mr Moy and his friends were stated to be members of the rival Himshie gang.
Witness Mr Wallace stated that Turley, Stewart and the 15-year-old came to his house and locked the door on the night of the incident.
The witness claimed that the boys, who were initially "paranoid", washed their hands in the sink.
Mr Wallace said he was asked, "Is he dead, is he dead, is he dead?" but initially did not know what the trio meant.
Mr Wallace claimed he went on to contact someone he knew was at Irvine beach that day and was told Mr Moy was still alive.
It was then stated that the trio made up the "rap" in around 30 minutes, which they then sang.
Prosecutor Liam Ewing KC asked what the mood was at that point, and Mr Wallace replied: "They were ecstatic, over the moon, I have never seen people as happy in my life."
The witness claimed that he was told the trio had attended the beach as they had been "set up" with the rival Himshie gang by a teenager who had initially clashed with one of them earlier that day.
Jurors earlier heard from 24-year-old Kelsey Robinson.
She stated that she was out for a walk at the beach with her partner and baby that night. Miss Robinson claimed that she heard a lot of shouting and screaming coming from sand dunes in the distance, which she likened to a “school fight".
The witness believed that she saw someone get punched and the person who did it run away.
Miss Robinson stated that three teenagers ran in her direction, with a topless youth holding a knife being in front of the others.
The witness said: “Just before he got to the bottom, as he was jogging, he kneeled down and stabbed the knife in the grass and got up and continued to run.”
Miss Robinson stated that it was “maybe” like a kitchen knife with a black handle.
Mr Ewing asked the witness if she had a view on what he was doing with the knife and she replied: “Maybe cleaning it.”
Miss Robinson stated that the trio walked by her and she heard the teenager with the knife shout: “I have just done him.”
Mr Ewing: “What was his demeanour?”
Miss Robinson: “As if he was proud of it, as if it was something to shout and boast about, not like a panic like ‘what have I just done?’”
The witness also recalled the teenager with the knife “shouting one-nil".
Jemma Bruce, 23, told jurors she and a friend were approached by three teenagers. She said: “They just ran towards us quite frantic, in a panicked state, covered in blood.”
Miss Bruce stated one of the teenagers “stuffed” a knife into the waistband of his trousers.
She added: “They asked me and my friend where they could get a taxi to get out of here pretty quick.
“I thought they had been stabbed and we were concerned.”
Jurors heard that the woman’s friend took a video of the trio which was shown to the court.
Miss Bruce claimed that she heard one of them say “they just took a picture of us".
The teenagers were then said to have hidden in bushes. Paramedic Craig Stroat, 56, was the first medical personnel to arrive at the scene.
He told jurors that Mr Moy was “unconscious, unresponsive and not breathing very well at all".
Mr Stroat stated that he gave Mr Moy oxygen to assist with his breathing, and shortly after, he went into cardiac arrest. The witness told the court that he and his colleague then gave Mr Moy CPR.
Mr Ewing asked Mr Stroat if he was able to observe any injuries and he replied: “Yes, as far as I could see he had a stab wound to his left side. There wasn’t blood showing.”
Mr Stroat stated that Mr Moy was given treatment by a consultant-led team “for a long time” which included a blood transfusion at the scene. Mr Moy was taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock by a road ambulance. Jurors also heard that an air ambulance arrived at the beach.
The statement of an Alan Murdoch, who has since died, was read to jurors today.
Mr Murdoch stated that three teenage boys appeared at his home in Harbour Street, which he shared with his father.
He said: “They were running about in the car park outside. They were in a panic and I could hear them swearing."
It was alleged that the boys asked to use the phone, with one of them claiming he was robbed of their watch and mobile. Mr Murdoch claimed that he was told that they were from Port Glasgow, and phoned them a taxi from a local Irvine firm.
Former taxi driver Brandon Scott, 25, said he picked up three teenagers from the Ship Inn pub near Irvine beach which was due for Glasgow Central railway station. However, this was changed mid-journey for a £90 fare to East Kilbride.
Mr Scott stated that the teenagers paid for the journey, left his vehicle and covered their faces and headed for a tunnel at a dead end.
The trial continues before Judge Lord Scott.
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