Jay Slater brags about £12,000 Rolex 'off some c***' in unseen clip

Metro

22-05-2025

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Jay Slater boasted about stealing a £12,000 watch 'off some c***' and was kicked out of a rave in the hours before his death, it has been revealed.
The previously unseen photos and videos show the 19-year-old's final moments on the Spanish island of Tenerife.
The social media footage shows the teenager bragging about being 'off his undies' while in a car with a convicted drug dealer, the Daily Mail reported.
Jay, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, vanished after attending NRG music festival last June.
He is thought to have gone to an Airbnb with convicted drug dealer Ayub Qassim, 31, and fellow Briton, Steven Roccas before he disappeared.
His remains were found near the village of Masca 29 days later.
The disappearance captivated millions on social media, with TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and X flooded with a mix of conspiracy theories about drug cartels and claims about Jay's past.
The videos, released for the first time as part of the inquest into his death, seemingly show Jay at the back of a car en route to the remote village of Masca after having been kicked out of a rave.
In the 6am videos, sent to his friends on the day of his disappearance, he appears to brag about stealing a watch in the Snapchat posts
The caption reads: 'Just took a 12k rolly of some c*** with this Mali kid off to get 10quid for it now haha off my undies.'
A second picture from the same time adds: 'Yes cuz ended up getting thrown out of there me with 2 maili kids just took an AP off some c*** on way to sell it for 10 quid.'
Then at the Airbnb an hour later, a 13-second clip shows Jay smoking a cigarette outside the villa.
A few minuets minutes later at 7.08am Jay filmed another seven-second loop of the mountains outside his apartment, which police later geolocated to Masca.
That video was the last one the teenager ever sent before his death.
A friend of Jay's did give evidence to the hearing about messages from the apprentice bricklayer, including a message in which he mentioned being 'thrown out' of the rave and trying to sell a watch for £10,000.
Joshua Forshaw told the inquest said he swapped Snapchat details with Jay after meeting at NRG festival.
He told the Spanish authorities that Jay appeared to be 'off his head on drugs' on the night before his death, June 16.
Later that night Forshaw said he received a Snapchat message from Jay about plans to sell a watch for 'ten quid'.
Forshaw said that meant £10,000 but added he had no involvement in trying to sell it.
The coroner later demanded Forshaw provide proof that 'ten quid' meant that sum.
Forshaw saved the message, which usually deletes on Snapchat, and later gave it to police.
The inquest heard from Forshaw that Jay sent him another image the next morning.
This showed Jay's top pulled up and two knives in his waistband.
At the same time through Snapchat he said Mr Slater texted him: 'I'm carrying these in case it kicks off.'
Forshaw did not save that image or mention it to Spanish authorities, only telling Lancashire Police about it when he came back to the UK.
When pressed by the coroner if it was true that Jay had a knife under his waistband, Forshaw said: 'I wouldn't lie. I went to police off my own back.'
Forshaw also told the court he overheard a Facetime call later that morning between Jay, who was 'slurring his words', and his friend Hargreaves.
He added: 'He was slurring his words but he wasn't begging for help or anything. He didn't sound like he was in danger.'
Jay was then told to get a taxi back to where they were staying, but the teenager said he had no money, the court heard from Forshaw.
The clips from Jay Slater hours before his disappearance have been released as the inquest into Jay's death was dramatically halted on Wednesday.
Jay's mother made an emotional appeal for the two British men who rented the AirBnb – convicted drug dealer Qassim and Roccas, previously known as 'Rocky' – to attend the hearing.
Debbie Duncan, 55, told Lancashire senior coroner Dr James Adeley: 'How can we ever get any understanding? We know he died, he had an accident.'
She added: 'There's things that we want to question. We want these people to be sat in front of us. Something went wrong that day, he didn't come back. There's questions we need to ask – please.'
The coroner agreed to halt proceedings to make 'an effort' to find the pair but warned he was 'not confident of success'.
Dr Adeley added that new summons would be made to Jay's friends who are currently abroad would also be given new summonses to attend.
The inquest previously heard that the two best friends who were with him before he disappeared 'cannot be located'.
His best friends Lucy Law and Brad Hargreaves gave interviews in the early days of the search.
At the beginning of the hearing at Preston Coroners' Court, senior coroner Dr James Adeley said that both Lucy and Brad could have been key witnesses but have 'denied who they are' and 'cannot be found'.
Jay was found with severe skull and pelvis fractures, which are consistent with a fall from a height, the coroner was told.
The inquest heard Jay's body was identified by his palm print.
Preston Coroner's Court also heard during the inquest that Jay was found to have had drugs in his system. More Trending
Toxicology expert Dr Stephanie Martin told the hearing there were difficulties checking for the presence of drugs or alcohol in a body so severely decomposed.
But she said analysis of Jay's body showed traces of the presence of MDMA and MDA, commonly known as ecstasy along with cocaine and alcohol.
Dr Martin said because of the limitations of the analysis, she could not say exactly how much or how soon before death the drugs had been taken.
Analysis of samples by the Spanish authorities also showed the presence of ketamine which was not found in the UK samples.
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