Jay Slater: inquest into Tenerife death halted due to missing friends
The inquest into the death of Jay Slater in Tenerife last year was halted when his mother complained that two British men whom her son was with before he went missing had failed to attend.
The inquest at Preston coroner's court was told on Wednesday that friends who were with Slater 'could not be located', despite police efforts over several months.
Slater, 19, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, disappeared early on June 17 last year after a music festival on the Spanish island.
A mountain rescue team found his body in a deep ravine on July 15. Slater's mother, Debbie Duncan, 55, called for answers after two men he was with — Ayub Qassim, 31, a convicted drug dealer, and Steven Roccas — failed to attend the
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