Stop A Grant Of Appeal For Cole Turley And Jay Stewart in Kayden Moy's Case
The Issue
Justice for Kayden Moy: A Stronger Message on Knife Crime, Sentencing and Serious Violence. DENY Cole and Jays request for appeal.
Why is this important to us:
There must also be a clear message about consequences for taking an inncoent life.
- Please Follow Us For The Progress Of Our Work Including Report To HMP Polmont Or Search Community Impact Project On Facebook. We Need Your Support This Is Part Of Our Wider Knife Crime Campaign Starting 2025.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1GZQiLbdG1/
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Most importantly,
Carrying a knife is not normal.
Carrying a machete is not normal.
Using a weapon to intimidate another person is not normal.
Serious violence is not normal.
Taking an innocent life can never be normalised.
This is particularly important when considering the message being received by teenagers and future generations.
There must never be a perception that someone can carry a knife or machete, engage in intimidation or serious violence, take an innocent life and simply expect the consequences to disappear.
Young people need to understand that the decision to carry a weapon can change multiple lives forever, including their own.
By signing our petition, you are helping us demonstrate the strength of public feeling and supporting our call for this issue to be considered seriously by those with the power to influence Scotland's criminal justice system.
Every signature strengthens that message.
Our campaign will continue regardless we will not give up on justice.
Our work did not begin with this petition and it will not end with it.
The Community Impact Project, in partnership with East Kilbride Neighbourhood Watch, has campaigned extensively on knife crime, serious violence and the devastating consequences that carrying weapons can have for individuals, families and entire communities. This forms part of our campaign and prior petition to End Knife Crime & Support The Youth
This campaign is not based simply on opinion.
Our research shows the scale of the problem.
Through our own Freedom of Information work, we obtained official data directly from Public Health Scotland examining emergency hospital admissions resulting from assault by a sharp object, including knife wounds.
The information provided to us recorded 4,584 emergency hospital admissions across Scotland between 2015/16 and 2023/24 following assault by a sharp object.
Of those admissions, 276 involved children and young people aged 17 or under, while a further 934 involved people aged between 18 and 24.
That means a shocking figure of 1,210 recorded emergency hospital admissions involved people under the age of 25 during that period.
We previously analysed and published this research as part of our wider knife crime awareness work. This information was available through our previous website and will form part of the research and information being transferred and updated as our new Community Impact Project website is developed. We encourage you to follow Community Impact Project on Facebook.
But these figures are not simply numbers on a spreadsheet. Behind every statistic is a person....
Behind that person are parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, friends and communities whose lives can be changed forever.
That is precisely why the tragic loss of Kayden Moy matters so deeply to us. One of us in East Kilbride Glasgow. Kayden was not a statistic
Kayden Moy was an innocent young person with a promising future. That future was taken from him. He has had misinformation spread since his passing but his family friends and all who knew him know how much of a promising future he had that was stolen. No court, sentence or appeal can return Kayden to the people who loved him or for our organisation. His murder demonstrates in the most devastating way what can happen when knives and other weapons are carried and used.
We cannot allow carrying knives and machetes to become normalised among young people or within our communities.
We cannot allow a message to develop that teenagers or adults can carry potentially lethal weapons, use weapons for intimidation, become involved in serious violence or take an innocent life without facing the full and lasting consequences of those actions.
Our research demonstrates that knife and sharp object violence is not an abstract problem.
People are being admitted to Scottish hospitals as a result of these assaults. Children and young people are represented within those figures. We are waiting on Police Scotlands figures still since 2025 to gain a better picture. We have had a lack of political will for change we nust change this. We have even recently had to write to the Governor regarding another convicted person. Institutions need to be hld to account along with the convicted.
And hospital admissions represent only part of the wider human cost.
Why we are establishing this petition
The Community Impact Project, in partnership with East Kilbride Neighbourhood Watch, is establishing this petition because we believe Kayden Moy's death must lead to more than words of sympathy. It must contribute to change.
Following the conviction and sentencing of Cole Turley And Jay Stewart, we believe the focus must remain firmly on justice for Kayden, those who loved him and the wider message our justice system sends about knife crime and serious violence.
We recognise that legitimate rights of appeal are an important safeguard within Scotland's justice system and that those fundamental legal protections cannot simply be removed arbitrarily.
However, we believe there is an important national discussion to be had about whether the current framework strikes the correct balance between legitimate appeal rights, finality following the most serious criminal proceedings, deterrence, public confidence and the continuing impact upon victims and bereaved families. We all seen the footage of hugging and celebration and rap song being made.
Where an innocent life has been taken, victims and their families must never become an afterthought.
This petition is therefore about something much bigger than one legal process.It is about what message Scotland sends to the next generation.
Why you should support our petition
We are asking people across Scotland and beyond to support this petition because knife crime affects all of us.
Our organisations have already campaigned extensively on this issue. We have obtained official evidence through Freedom of Information legislation, analysed and published that evidence and worked to increase awareness of the devastating consequences of carrying knives and other weapons.
Our research demonstrates why action matters.
But statistics alone will not change behaviour.
Our previous petition we are still committed too
https://www.change.org/p/time-to-end-knife-crime-support-the-youth
The Community Impact Project and East Kilbride Neighbourhood Watch will continue obtaining official information, researching the evidence, publishing our findings, raising awareness and challenging decision makers about what more can be done to reduce knife crime.
We want stronger prevention.
We want greater awareness.
We want meaningful intervention before another young person carries a weapon.
We want victims and their families properly represented within conversations about criminal justice.
We want families to be able to grieve in peace
We want communities to have confidence that serious violence carries serious consequences.
Most importantly, we want fewer families to experience the devastating consequences of knife crime.
We cannot bring Kayden back. What we can do is continue using our platform, our research and our voice to challenge the normalisation of weapons, push for meaningful change and try to prevent another promising young life from being taken.
Please support us we are counting on you. Be advised money given does nof go to our campaign it goes to change.org contact us if you wish to contribute to advertising and awareness and workshops.
Please sign. Please share. Please help us make this message impossible to ignore.
Every signature and every share helps demonstrate that our communities want knife crime taken seriously and want meaningful action to protect future generations.
You can also follow and support the continuing work of the Community Impact Project and East Kilbride Neighbourhood Watch.
Community Impact Project Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1DXikBY5o1/
General Enquiries:
Enquiry@comimpactproject.org
Our new Community Impact Project website is yet to launch and is currently being developed and updated.
Once live, it will provide a central platform for our research, evidence, campaigns, publications and community work, including our continuing work around knife crime and serious violence.
Media & Partnership Enquiries
All media, press, partnership and collaborative enquiries relating to this campaign or the wider work of the Community Impact Project and East Kilbride Neighbourhood Watch should be directed to:
Group Chief Executive & Chairman
Community Impact Project
East Kilbride Neighbourhood Watch
Mr KJ Yates MIGPM
Kj@comimpactproject.org
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1CkXaWQVkr/
We welcome responsible engagement with the media, community organisations, public bodies and potential partners who share our commitment to reducing knife crime, improving community safety and protecting young people.
This campaign is about justice, prevention, accountability and ensuring Kayden's life is never reduced to another statistic.
Kayden had a promising future. His life mattered. His memory matters.
We cannot bring Kayden back, but together we can make sure his loss is never forgotten and continue pushing for change that could help protect another young life.
LLKM 💚💚
NEVER FORGOTTEN.
Community Impact Project
In partnership with East Kilbride Neighbourhood Watch
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The Issue
Justice for Kayden Moy: A Stronger Message on Knife Crime, Sentencing and Serious Violence. DENY Cole and Jays request for appeal.
Why is this important to us:
There must also be a clear message about consequences for taking an inncoent life.
- Please Follow Us For The Progress Of Our Work Including Report To HMP Polmont Or Search Community Impact Project On Facebook. We Need Your Support This Is Part Of Our Wider Knife Crime Campaign Starting 2025.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1GZQiLbdG1/
⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️
Most importantly,
Carrying a knife is not normal.
Carrying a machete is not normal.
Using a weapon to intimidate another person is not normal.
Serious violence is not normal.
Taking an innocent life can never be normalised.
This is particularly important when considering the message being received by teenagers and future generations.
There must never be a perception that someone can carry a knife or machete, engage in intimidation or serious violence, take an innocent life and simply expect the consequences to disappear.
Young people need to understand that the decision to carry a weapon can change multiple lives forever, including their own.
By signing our petition, you are helping us demonstrate the strength of public feeling and supporting our call for this issue to be considered seriously by those with the power to influence Scotland's criminal justice system.
Every signature strengthens that message.
Our campaign will continue regardless we will not give up on justice.
Our work did not begin with this petition and it will not end with it.
The Community Impact Project, in partnership with East Kilbride Neighbourhood Watch, has campaigned extensively on knife crime, serious violence and the devastating consequences that carrying weapons can have for individuals, families and entire communities. This forms part of our campaign and prior petition to End Knife Crime & Support The Youth
This campaign is not based simply on opinion.
Our research shows the scale of the problem.
Through our own Freedom of Information work, we obtained official data directly from Public Health Scotland examining emergency hospital admissions resulting from assault by a sharp object, including knife wounds.
The information provided to us recorded 4,584 emergency hospital admissions across Scotland between 2015/16 and 2023/24 following assault by a sharp object.
Of those admissions, 276 involved children and young people aged 17 or under, while a further 934 involved people aged between 18 and 24.
That means a shocking figure of 1,210 recorded emergency hospital admissions involved people under the age of 25 during that period.
We previously analysed and published this research as part of our wider knife crime awareness work. This information was available through our previous website and will form part of the research and information being transferred and updated as our new Community Impact Project website is developed. We encourage you to follow Community Impact Project on Facebook.
But these figures are not simply numbers on a spreadsheet. Behind every statistic is a person....
Behind that person are parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, friends and communities whose lives can be changed forever.
That is precisely why the tragic loss of Kayden Moy matters so deeply to us. One of us in East Kilbride Glasgow. Kayden was not a statistic
Kayden Moy was an innocent young person with a promising future. That future was taken from him. He has had misinformation spread since his passing but his family friends and all who knew him know how much of a promising future he had that was stolen. No court, sentence or appeal can return Kayden to the people who loved him or for our organisation. His murder demonstrates in the most devastating way what can happen when knives and other weapons are carried and used.
We cannot allow carrying knives and machetes to become normalised among young people or within our communities.
We cannot allow a message to develop that teenagers or adults can carry potentially lethal weapons, use weapons for intimidation, become involved in serious violence or take an innocent life without facing the full and lasting consequences of those actions.
Our research demonstrates that knife and sharp object violence is not an abstract problem.
People are being admitted to Scottish hospitals as a result of these assaults. Children and young people are represented within those figures. We are waiting on Police Scotlands figures still since 2025 to gain a better picture. We have had a lack of political will for change we nust change this. We have even recently had to write to the Governor regarding another convicted person. Institutions need to be hld to account along with the convicted.
And hospital admissions represent only part of the wider human cost.
Why we are establishing this petition
The Community Impact Project, in partnership with East Kilbride Neighbourhood Watch, is establishing this petition because we believe Kayden Moy's death must lead to more than words of sympathy. It must contribute to change.
Following the conviction and sentencing of Cole Turley And Jay Stewart, we believe the focus must remain firmly on justice for Kayden, those who loved him and the wider message our justice system sends about knife crime and serious violence.
We recognise that legitimate rights of appeal are an important safeguard within Scotland's justice system and that those fundamental legal protections cannot simply be removed arbitrarily.
However, we believe there is an important national discussion to be had about whether the current framework strikes the correct balance between legitimate appeal rights, finality following the most serious criminal proceedings, deterrence, public confidence and the continuing impact upon victims and bereaved families. We all seen the footage of hugging and celebration and rap song being made.
Where an innocent life has been taken, victims and their families must never become an afterthought.
This petition is therefore about something much bigger than one legal process.It is about what message Scotland sends to the next generation.
Why you should support our petition
We are asking people across Scotland and beyond to support this petition because knife crime affects all of us.
Our organisations have already campaigned extensively on this issue. We have obtained official evidence through Freedom of Information legislation, analysed and published that evidence and worked to increase awareness of the devastating consequences of carrying knives and other weapons.
Our research demonstrates why action matters.
But statistics alone will not change behaviour.
Our previous petition we are still committed too
https://www.change.org/p/time-to-end-knife-crime-support-the-youth
The Community Impact Project and East Kilbride Neighbourhood Watch will continue obtaining official information, researching the evidence, publishing our findings, raising awareness and challenging decision makers about what more can be done to reduce knife crime.
We want stronger prevention.
We want greater awareness.
We want meaningful intervention before another young person carries a weapon.
We want victims and their families properly represented within conversations about criminal justice.
We want families to be able to grieve in peace
We want communities to have confidence that serious violence carries serious consequences.
Most importantly, we want fewer families to experience the devastating consequences of knife crime.
We cannot bring Kayden back. What we can do is continue using our platform, our research and our voice to challenge the normalisation of weapons, push for meaningful change and try to prevent another promising young life from being taken.
Please support us we are counting on you. Be advised money given does nof go to our campaign it goes to change.org contact us if you wish to contribute to advertising and awareness and workshops.
Please sign. Please share. Please help us make this message impossible to ignore.
Every signature and every share helps demonstrate that our communities want knife crime taken seriously and want meaningful action to protect future generations.
You can also follow and support the continuing work of the Community Impact Project and East Kilbride Neighbourhood Watch.
Community Impact Project Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1DXikBY5o1/
General Enquiries:
Enquiry@comimpactproject.org
Our new Community Impact Project website is yet to launch and is currently being developed and updated.
Once live, it will provide a central platform for our research, evidence, campaigns, publications and community work, including our continuing work around knife crime and serious violence.
Media & Partnership Enquiries
All media, press, partnership and collaborative enquiries relating to this campaign or the wider work of the Community Impact Project and East Kilbride Neighbourhood Watch should be directed to:
Group Chief Executive & Chairman
Community Impact Project
East Kilbride Neighbourhood Watch
Mr KJ Yates MIGPM
Kj@comimpactproject.org
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1CkXaWQVkr/
We welcome responsible engagement with the media, community organisations, public bodies and potential partners who share our commitment to reducing knife crime, improving community safety and protecting young people.
This campaign is about justice, prevention, accountability and ensuring Kayden's life is never reduced to another statistic.
Kayden had a promising future. His life mattered. His memory matters.
We cannot bring Kayden back, but together we can make sure his loss is never forgotten and continue pushing for change that could help protect another young life.
LLKM 💚💚
NEVER FORGOTTEN.
Community Impact Project
In partnership with East Kilbride Neighbourhood Watch
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Petition created on 7 August 2026