
Jay Slater bombshell as AirBnB host says he told teen plan was 'mad'
Private investigator Mark Williams-Thomas has uncovered why the tragic teen left the AirBnB apartment.
An investigator digging into the tragic disappearance and death of British teen Jay Slater in Tenerife, has revealed why the lad left a property alone.
Mark Williams-Thomas interviewed family, pals and key witnesses in the days after Jay vanished on the Spanish holiday island, having been to the NRG music festival with friends at the Papagayo nightclub in the resort of Playa de las Americas on June 16 last year.
Jay went to an AirBnB apartment in the early hours of the next day, which was the last place he was seen alive before his body was found on July 15 by a mountain rescue team from the Spanish Civil Guard near the village of Masca on the Canary Island.
Now, Mr Williams-Thomas has revealed he spoke to Ayub Qassim who had rented the AirBnB about the last time he spoke to Jay, on the morning he left the apartment.
Mr Qassim said: "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.
"I saw him walk off maybe down the steps. I maybe shut the door and said if you need me..."
That was the last time Jay was seen alive. Earlier, the teen from Lancashire had sent a pal an image on snapchat, revealing he had two knives at the AirBnB. He captioned the image: I've got these for my protection".
Asked about the photo Mr Qassim said that he know nothing about it. 'I was asleep upstairs this is the first I've heard of knives,' he said. "I let him come to my house. '
Mr Qassim did not attend the inquest into Jay's death last month.
The hearing was adjourned at the request of the teen's mum Debbie, who said it must not be allowed to go ahead until multiple key witnesses are tracked down to give evidence.
In a tearful plea she called for witnesses who had been with her son on the island to tell what they knew. She said: "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."
The mum said the inquest must not go ahead until multiple key witnesses are tracked down to give evidence. It included her son's friend Lucy Law, who is believed to currently be holidaying on the island, as well as Brandon Hodges and Bradley Hargreaves.

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