Judge tells teen killer 'you will live with this for the rest of your life' as he is locked up

Daily Record

08-05-2025

The boy, 14, was caged for five years today for the murder of 16-year-old Kory McCrimmon in Glasgow last year.
A judge told a teenage killer who stabbed schoolboy Kory McCrimmon "you will live with this for the rest of your life" as he jailed him for five years.
The boy - who was 13 at the time and cannot be named due to his age - plunged a knife through Kory's heart after a confrontation over £50 in a Glasgow park on May 31 last year.
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Now 14, the youngster was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow today. The court heard how the pair were associated with rival gangs and exchanged threats to one another on social media.
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There was a significant amount of bravado and posturing built up before the confrontation at the park in the city's east end. The killer repeatedly threatened to "chop up" Kory while the schoolboy, in response, threatened to have him shot.
On the night of Kory's death, the killer stormed into the park alongside a gang, who were wielding batons, bats and bladed weapons. During a fight between the pair, the killer struck out with a knife and stabbed Kory in the chest.
The schoolboy, who played for Easterhouse Football Academy, died in hospital two days later.
Speaking to his killer during sentencing, Lord Mulholland said: 'Running with a gang and arming yourself with a knife is asking for trouble, if you have a knife in your possession then it is there to be used, as you did during the gang fight in Greenfield Park. You stabbed your victim with your knife. The knife penetrated his heart, and he lost his life as a result. You will have to live with that for the rest of your life.
"I told you before that you have delivered a life sentence of grief and profound loss to your victim's family. I have read the letters and victim statements handed to me, and they are heartbreaking, describing their loss, what their son and family member meant to them and the effect that their loss has had on all their own lives.
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"Your own family will have to deal with the shame of what you did. You have caused all of this. Social media can be a force for good, but in the lead up to the events in Greenfield Park, it was not a force for good as it was a means by which threats of violence were made, culminating in the gang fight in Greenfield Park.
"I described this previously as utter madness, and I stand by that description. You have devastated many lives as a result of what you did."
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The attacker will remain in detention at Kibble Secure Unit in Paisley, Renfrewshire, for five years. Lord Mulholland told the court he had taken into consideration the guidelines for the sentencing for young people.
He cut the term from seven and a half years due to the guilty plea.
Kory's death took place amid the Record's youth violence campaign Our Kids ... Our Future.
Our Kids ... Our Future was launched over two years ago in response to an epidemic of youth violence in Scotland.
As part of the campaign, we have repeatedly demanded the Scottish Government to invest in safe spaces for young people, where they can be nurtured, mentored and guided.
We have also demanded social media firms to introduce robust new measures to keep kids safe online and to prevent the filming and sharing of violent content.