A jury has gone out for a second day to continue its deliberations in the trial of two teenagers accused of murdering a 16-year-old on a beach.
Jay Stewart, 18, and a 15-year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons are accused of killing Kayden Moy, who died after an incident at Irvine beach in North Ayrshire on May 17 last year.
Another teenager, 18-year-old Cole Turley, has already pleaded guilty to the murder of Kayden, who was from East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire.
It is alleged that while acting with Turley, Stewart and the 15-year-old pursued Kayden, causing him to fall to the ground, and repeatedly stabbed him on the body with a knife, leaving him so badly injured that he died.
Prosecutors earlier withdrew all charges against Stewart and the 15-year-old apart from the murder charge, which they both deny.
They previously lodged special defences of incrimination.
A jury at the High Court in Glasgow began its deliberations in the case on Thursday but ended the day without reaching a verdict.
Giving directions to the jury that morning, judge Lord Scott told them it was not in dispute that Turley murdered the 16-year-old or that the accused were present on Irvine beach that day.
He told them the “crucial issue” they have to decide is whether the accused were acting in concert with Turley when he carried out the murder.
On Friday the jury retired for a second day to continue its deliberations.
Lord Scott told them: “Please retire and resume your deliberations.”
