Family of tragic Kory McCrimmon plan 'Parents Against Knives' march from Ibrox to Celtic Park

Daily Record

22-05-2025

The family of Kory McCrimmon who was stabbed to death in a gang dispute have announced they will lead a walk in his name just days after another teen lost his life in a youth knife crime incident.
The family of tragic teen Kory McCrimmon is calling on Scotland to rise up against youth violenc e a year after their son was stabbed to death in a senseless gang dispute.
His mum and dad, Neil and Elizabeth, will lead a peaceful "Parents Against Knives" march from Ibrox to Celtic Park on June 8. The symbolic walk across Glasgow's football divide will mark the first anniversary of Kory's brutal killing on May 31 last year.
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The march will demand urgent action on Scotland's growing knife crime crisis among kids.
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Kory was just 16 when he was knifed through the heart in Greenfield Park in Glasgow's east end in a row over £50.
His killer, who was 13 at the time, was jailed for five years earlier this month. The pair were associated with rival gangs and had previously exchanged threats to one another on social media.
But on the night of Kory's death, the killer stormed into the park alongside a group 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.
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Kory's devastated parents have joined other campaigners to turn their grief into action with a walk they hope will wake up the country to a youth knife epidemic claiming too many lives.
They said: "We walk in Kory's name, but we stand for all those lives lost to knife violence. Too much, too many. No more.
"This peaceful walk is to continue highlighting the increase in deaths and danger by knife crime and if we can prevent at least one more family going through the inexpressible pain and life shattering grief of a lost child, Kory's death will not be in vain.
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"Come join us in our walk and lend your hearts and voices to making our streets, our young people and our lives safer. Let's come together for once and all to make a difference that lasts and saves lives."
The march will set off from Rangers' Ibrox Stadium at 1pm, heading east to Celtic Park – a united front across tribal lines, aimed at uniting communities behind a single cause of saving lives.
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Kory's death is part of a disturbing pattern. The Record recently told the harrowing story of Kayden Moy, another Glasgow teen lost to the blade.
The schoolboy, from East Kilbride, had been enjoying a day out at Irvine Beach in Ayrshire last Saturday before he suffered fatal stab wounds. A 17-year-old boy has since appeared in court charged with his murder.
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Kayden is now the third life lost to youth violence in Scotland in under 12 months. As well as Kory, Amen Teklay, 15, died on a Glasgow street on March 5.
Two teenagers, aged 14 and 16, previously appeared in court charged with Amen's murder, while a 15-year-old is facing an assault charge. All made no plea.
All three deaths have taken place since the Record launched its Our Kids ... Our Future campaign in February 2023 in response to a spate of sickening attacks on kids.