Jay Slater bombshell as AirBnB host says he told teen plan was 'mad'

Irish Daily Mirror

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An investigator looking into the heartbreaking disappearance and death of British teen Jay Slater in Tenerife has uncovered the reason why the young lad ventured out on his own. Mark Williams-Thomas has been piecing together Jay's last movements following his time at the NRG music festival with mates at Papagayo nightclub in Playa de las Americas on 16 June last year.
Jay headed to an AirBnB flat in the early hours, which was the final place he was spotted alive before his remains were discovered on 15 July by a mountain rescue squad from the Spanish Civil Guard close to the hamlet of Masca.
Now, Mr Williams-Thomas disclosed that he conversed with Ayub Qassim, the AirBnB tenant, about his last dialogue with Jay on the morning he departed.
Mr Qassim recounted: "He (Jay) said to me 'Pal I'm off, this woman told me I can get a bus every 10 minutes', I told him that he's mad, there's no bus that's coming here every 10 minutes, chill out for a bit and I'll drop you off later on.
"He said, 'No, no I've got to go to Los Cristianos, I need to scram, I need to chip out'. There's nothing more that I could do," reports the Mirror.
"I saw him walk off maybe down the steps. I maybe shut the door and said if you need me."
The last sighting of Jay alive was chilling. Shortly before, the young lad from Lancashire had fired off a photo to a mate on Snapchat, showing off two knives at his AirBnB, with the haunting label: "I've got these for my protection."
When quizzed about the snap, Mr Qassim insisted he was clueless about it. "I was asleep upstairs this is the first I've heard of knives," he stated.
"I let him come to my house."
Last month's inquest into Jay's death went ahead without Mr Qassim's presence. The probe was put on hold at the behest of the teenager's mum, Debbie.
She demanded a halt until all crucial witnesses who might shed light on her lad's tragic demise are rounded up for testimony.
In a heart-wrenching plea, she urged those who were with her son on the fateful holiday to step forward with the truth. She expressed: "We want these people to be sat in front of us, because our son went on holiday and didn't come back, so there's questions we need to ask."
She underlined the necessity for the inquest to remain on pause until every key witness could be corralled to testify. This list involves Jay's pal Lucy Law, currently reported to be vacationing on the island, alongside Brandon Hodges and Bradley Hargreaves.