Jay Slater cops ruled out 2 Brit ‘pals’ TOO EARLY…there are signs of missed chances, ex-officer says

One of the British men from the Airbnb that Jay Slater spent the night in before he vanished has come forwards, insisting the missing teenager "left the house alive".
Ayub Qassim is now back home in London, but former murder squad detective Peter Bleksley says cops missed an opportunity by letting the British pair return to the UK.
In this exclusive interview, the ex-officer explains what might have gone wrong with the investigation into Jay's disappearance.
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[@godsgod1677]

Why are all these convicted felons all able to travel abroad?

[@bazjr86]

Convicts are welcome in most countries except America and Australia.

[@janesmith9024]

And how typical the ex criminal is back in the UK... as ever.

[@gillianbarker2663]

Well he booked the bnb in a different name what's all that about ?

[@simoncampbell3144]

​@@bazjr86ironic really

[@TheCutiePatrol]

same reason Jay didn't go prison for using a machete to hack some boy up with his buddies.

[@generationidentity8140]

Nobody wants to accuse "poor somalian" migrant/drug-dealer. They just want to keep their jobs.

[@AllanSnackbar-ik5ju]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 so true

[@kehindeemiabata4032]

Oh it's a race thing now is it? what a surprise. Now Jay is the innocent one all of a sudden and the two black guys are the guilty ones. How did I know that was going to be the sentiment now.?

[@generationidentity8140]

@@kehindeemiabata4032 just be patient. It's always the common denominators.

[@rhiangraham3372]

@@kehindeemiabata4032if he’s dead he’s died at the hands off someone else.

[@MoroccanAnwar]

What do you expect from the sun, 💩💩 paper for 💩💩 sheep

[@IanMorrison-y3z]

So a guy who booked a B&B using a false name, and another who goes by an assumed name, didnt look suspicious to the Spanish Police? Curious???

[@heathera2709]

And reported from the very beginning jay tried to nick a watch and they kicked him out of the air b ummmmm ✌️

[@afristar685]

Do you think the Spanish police have never come across drug dealers before? 😂 They don't take it lightly

[@PauletteCheyne]

​@@heathera2709yhey explained it wasn't a "wstch" - Rolex is a name of a drug?

[@KCtheKat101]

@@IanMorrison-y3z something not right about the sheer amount of people missing from round about 😳.... maybe the police don't want it shouted about so they tried to cover things up move em along... after all it's a holiday island

[@KCtheKat101]

@@PauletteCheyne I think it maybe a stamp on an ecstasy pill...like it use to be white doves or mitsubishi or disco biscuits Etc...sounds like it's the Rolex logo 🤔🙄

[@tonydouglas1404]

Why did a 30 year old drug dealer invite a 19 year old kid to his b&b? Why was Jay scared to go back to the b&b? You telling me that 30 year old drug dealer had nothing to do with it?? I'VE GOT A BRIDGE TO SELL YOU ON MARS.

[@JessicaFletcher-nn5ss]

How much is the bridge?

[@pierer91]

Have you been involved in party scene? Its not really that uncommon to go back to parties with people you just met. Then people on drugs can become paranoid and leave. I’m not saying there is no foul play; but you thinking this circumstance guarantees it shows your ignorance.

@@JessicaFletcher-nn5ss 😂😂😂

[@KCtheKat101]

Do you have any more information regarding the sale of a bridge on Mars....I know some men who want to put a rave under that Bridge....get InTouch with Johnny vagas

[@DomClimbs]

@@Norman-j7m Nah Robin Hoods bay is where it's at

[@johnbell1859]

How is that dude even allowed to travel abroad with that type of conviction. This all stinks. 🇬🇧

[@Dontbiteit]

Ghetto privilege. Like benefits and free housing ❤ love being poor. Rich people actually have to work hard, forget that! ❤ the ghetto

[@shazzarobo4383]

What does this guy mean..He (Jay) had nowhere else to go?...Jay had his own hotel to go back to, This just gets weirder and weirder.

[@pauljones5959]

Wasn't staying in a hotel. Was bunking in on someone's apartment...wasn't there for a holiday, he was there for a graft... Got greedy and stole someone else's stash. Lost it or got it robbed of him, had nothing to give back or any money to pay it off. Thus he was taken against his will and a demand for money made. He managed to escape from that BnB. Got lost it they realised, caught him and done him in....

[@ladyg1969]

Exactly why did he just not take a taxi???

[@PauletteCheyne]

​@@pauljones5959Maybe?

[@atlanticblue2665]

​@@pauljones5959 Jay may have been set 📍up by Lucy, Brad and their drug bosses to make it look like it was Jay that stole a rolex... but it may have been a plot 📍 to falsely blame Jay.. as an excuse to stab📍 him, kidnap📍 Jay and use him for black magic 📍 rituals on the 📍 17 June 2024. ( Drug bosses are involved in kidnappings, human trafficking for 💧 black magic rituals .. and other nefarious reasons...

[@ellenlyons4090]

The fact he went up the mountain road and not down the route the bus would have been going. Tells me he didn’t want to hang around or be seen why would he say he was scared to go back to the Airbnb. None of this is adding up. His apartment was 20 minutes away from the festival if walking so why go with these two unless forced to an hour away by car but 10 hours walking distance back to his resort. Nothing any of the people has said is ringing true all a concocted story to throw the police off what’s really happened to him.

[@ubergeraldine]

Drug dealers and police complicit. Unlikely the body will be found.

[@andrewpankiw2144]

Unfortunately so

[@Krasavetz]

Leave it aat

[@flaviuskevus9157]

Yip. Don't owe drug dealers thousands of pounds and you should be fine.

[@atlanticblue2665]

​@@flaviuskevus9157Jay may have been set 📍up by Lucy, Brad and their drug bosses to make it look like it was Jay that stole a rolex... but it may have been a plot 📍 to falsely blame Jay.. as an excuse to stab📍 him, kidnap📍 Jay and use him for black magic 📍 rituals on the 📍 17 June 2024. ( Drug bosses are involved in kidnappings, human trafficking for 💧 black magic rituals .. and other nefarious reasons...

[@atlanticblue2665]

​Drug bosses kidnap random people... they say it pays them more that drug dealing...

[@heatherives8646]

DON'T GET INVOLVED WITH DRUGS OR DRUG DEALERS

[@patricksmith3432]

Absolutely

[@maxbluenose25]

​@patricksmith3432 forgetting something he's an ex drug dealer he went to prison 9 years ago he's got a past so what the media has no right putting his face all over place it's disgusting the fella has said he nothing about jays disappearance theres no evidence anywhere your all a bunch of nasty trolls

[@patricksmith3432]

@@maxbluenose25 Has he a JOB

[@TheCutiePatrol]

been involved for 2 decades, nothing bad about them, just don't borrow or steal. i've never got into debt and i've never had any problems, i'm not even a big guy, so I'm hardly intimidating. i met many people who have had problems with dealers, they're normally mouthy idiots who cause problems.

[@KCtheKat101]

@@heatherives8646 our world is flooded

[@Joe_1sr9]

The last people to see someone who has disappeared is always the first suspect….

[@melgrant7404]

Think nicola bulley.

[@GillParkinson-n5t]

​@@melgrant7404the last person to see her was the lady walking her dog in the other field. Are you accusing her of murder?

[@melgrant7404]

@@GillParkinson-n5t I was referring to her husband.

[@sezza8516]

@@melgrant7404 he didn't though she drowned without any harm to her before, it was proven

[@melgrant7404]

@sezza8516 she had bruises on her body when found according to the inquest.never been explained.

[@ianclose123]

How reassuring it is to know that this handsome drug-dealer resides in the UK.

[@generationidentity8140]

@ianclose123 love the diversity. Somalian food is amazing🤣🤣🤣 who gives a crap if they off people. As long as I am able to eat their diarrhea food I do not care.🤣🤣🤣

[@elyrexo]

Splendid man .....flooded South Wales with drugs selling to kids

[@Gone2war-q3i]

He wasn't even born here

[@Hjs27lol]

@@Gone2war-q3ithey never are

[@milford8485]

Yes isn't it lovely for us all....

[@paulgreaves3131]

Lucy is involved 100 percent

[@batmandestroys1978]

Big time! She is rotten to the core!

[@---df5sr]

Jay was a machete wielding thug who got mixed up with Somali drug dealers. Its sad but if you play stupid games you win stupid prizes

[@SharonMoore-cs3os]

Spanish police were adamant there was no foul play they didn't want to investigate a murder or something sinister happening to Jay bad name for Island

[@GM-tw4el]

We just gonna skip the fact the other guy has been given the name "Johnny Vegas" 😂😂😂😂?

[@billytoffingham9608]

Yes....just skip it

[@TheDeb295]

Poor 'the real Johnny Vegas' mind you he did appear in Benidorm with his elderly mum didn't he? 😂

[@BamBam-un2uq]

If you google Johnny Vegas with glasses and check out potter payper… there is some resemblance… also payper didn’t post anything since end of may… before he was posting several times per month…

[@Dontbiteit]

Jonathan Nofiu Atanda aka Johnny Vegas is the son of Murphy and Connie Falzon! He was born in Malta in 1992 so he is 33.

[@Dontbiteit]

​@TheDeb295 Jonathan Nofiu Atanda aka Johnny Vegas is the son of Murphy and Connie Falzon! He was born in Malta in 1992 so he is 33.

[@carolevans5285]

Just look at that bloke and tell me hes not dodgy

[@Uh_huh]

He has a face only his mother could love!

[@PauletteCheyne]

​@@Uh_huh❤

[@conexaolondresbrasil]

​@@Uh_huh😂😂

[@conexaolondresbrasil]

😅

[@goodquestion8064]

He arrived alive ,, he would hardly arrive dead would he ,, and he may have left alive, but he could certainly be followed after he left ! This apartment was chosen by the two men for a good reason ! Convicted drug barons don’t rent in the middle of nowhere for a vacation

[@Joe_1sr9]

Tenerife is a very dangerous place. At least eleven people have gone missing/ disappeared in the last few years…..!

[@Hydro2oo9]

What's the UK then? A massively terrifying, frightening, scary war zone that's on the level of Ukraine? A very dangerous place 😂. Give over.

[@christopherdonoghue7687]

And watch theft is rife there

[@rastaman5354]

I mean look where it is on the map I’m not surprised.. for some reason I always thought it was actually in Spain 🤣

[@Saw-Mc]

Any jack and Jill’s?

[@carolharkness5023]

JS obviously didn't learn from his court appearance re Machete. The judge very lightly scolded him instead of a prison sentence. What a very foolish boy he is/was!

[@sebbenitez6511]

@carolharkness5023 him an his friends before setting out for spain tried to Rob someone fractured there skull left them with permanent damage perhaps he was jus there for Rob didn't understand the violence his co-defendants would go to complete robbery. Only jus been sentenced got a slap.on wrist despite seriousness of crime. flew out to Spain where he sent messages of pictures with rolex obvs stolen an has gone back to house with these two lads probably before robbing rolex at yhe house with 2 lads he jus met at rave probably fort they were easy target. then left there an couldn't go back because he's robbed of em then trued to makes his way back wich would take hours in 30c weather with no battery on phone Either passed out in mountains dead out hasn't been found wich unlikely or he's been killed an buried wich cadaver dogs would still find. He's in the sea or kidnapped taken to duffernet location.

[@dilekavan5796]

@@sebbenitez6511 what a pain and dilemma for the people and parents

[@billytoffingham9608]

Was

[@TheDeb295]

​@@sebbenitez6511if you're talking about the incident with the machete, that was 4+ years ago, not just before they left for Spain.

[@jimmy66603]

If you're not poison Carol, what are you?

[@jackbrown6788]

It's my opinion that on a small island like Tenerife, those involved in the recreational pharmaceuticals trade are 'allowed' to operate by the authorities through unofficial channels and will be protected from criminal investigation.

[@dontplay3088]

Hence keepn UK police out of it

[@benjammin1212]

@@dontplay3088 The incident happened in Spain, why involve UK police? they have no juristiction .We are not even in Europe anymore, plus the UK police have no knowledge of the terrain etc..

[@Carina0145]

I’ll never forget when I went to the islands some guy wouldn’t leave us alone & kept trying to push some drugs on us & following us so we saw the police & presumed if we stood next to them he would stop but he was waving it in front of them & they did nothing 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@CherDavis-pk5sn]

I lived in Tenerife for years and you are actually absolutely right.

[@ferozmasood3790]

And you don't think the police are being paid of by these large scale criminals as you said

[@steve-kl9iv]

Exactly. Why is there such a big and open drugs scene in Tenerife? Everyone knows what's going on and many know who runs it

[@daviddalby9699]

The boy's dead for sure . As clear as the light of day .

[@JR-dl9zt]

Oh most definitely, his past must have caught up with him !!!!

[@DaveTherave-h6v]

This is what happens when you lose other peoples drugs. Debt gone bad .

[@KCtheKat101]

And stealing the watch on top of all that....bunch of dodgers

[@pauljones5959]

Not a watch..... Rolex.... Is referring to drugs

[@KCtheKat101]

@@pauljones5959 I have been round the scene for ever and a day and never once have I ever hear drugs referred to by the word Rolex 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️✌️🫣🤔🤦🏻‍♀️

[@KCtheKat101]

@@pauljones5959 unless you mean an E stamped with the Rolex logo?....is that what you mean?

[@d.mfrost6801]

....I know I was somewhat miffed when I left my drugs in Boots the other week.....

[@JayHenry-b8p]

Hes a black guy impossible hes involved Hes a brain surgeon or maybe an aspiring astronaut

[@sarahmitchell8385]

Do police not do background checks on associates / witnesses ?

[@ScottishPixie87]

U would think so !

[@ivavulaj]

I don’t think they care that much

[@batmandestroys1978]

Yes but the Police only disclose this, when we find out, or something bad happens!

[@TL-xw6fh]

Load of tosh. The Spanish police did not have any reason to start a criminal investigation. They were focussed on finding a missing person! You cannot start a criminal investigation without authorisation, and that required evidence and proof that he was involved in it.

[@bazjr86]

Exactly all his friends made it sound like he walked off into the mountains. There would of been loads of drug dealers and ex dealers at a rave in Tenerife. These tv cops talk a good game.

[@ellenlyons4090]

The dealing couldn’t go on unless the Spanish police allowed it. I’d lay money on it they knew who these guys were and told them to get on a plane quick sharp. The only reason they’re still investigating is this has gone international. They know they eyes of the world are in them

[@rickyknight315]

Sounds like hes been set up by the girl Lucy and the two blokes

[@DifferentGearTV]

I feel sorry for all the Mugs that have donated to the Go Fund Me. You guys need to request a refund NOW!!! Even the family stinks, they know what has really happened. All of them are criminal scumbags. I hope the truth comes out.

[@warrengosling]

Interesting how fast the media scrambled to highlight the Ayub's criminal history- yet bent over backwards to not mention Jay's until the public called it out. I wonder why....

[@christopherbanks4652]

Probably something to do with suspect vs victim? Seems pretty logical

[@jakeroadtonowhere4070]

Criticising other countries the way they police yeah our police are no better full of corruption

[@nickandrew3242]

If the rolex is slang in that area for drugs and he did steal drugs rather than a watch surely that lad who took him back to that apartment has something to do with it. I also would say that girl who had her back to the camera when interviewed knows more.

[@leryeo]

The girl was in a relationship ship with the guy who rented the Airbnb and she was selling his drugs for him and she enlisted jay but he took the drugs for himself

[@joysboy6588]

Behind the scenes, the Spanish Authorities are desperately scrambling around to help protect & the continuation for Tenerife being safe & enjoybale /trouble free holiday destination, while also desperately fighting to STOP any kind of exposure or talk of a serious & well organised criminal underworld on the island. Hence the initial plea by MSM to shy away from the initial online "rumours", where as time goes by, appear to hold much more weight....

[@rosita3528]

​@@leryeoLucy's dodgy, but you think she's in a relationship with that guy 😂

[@leryeo]

@@rosita3528 northern girls often go for Somalian and Pakistani drug dealers. Not sure bout girls from down south but girls from up north will like you if you have money for them, doesn’t matter what race you are

[@dc56789]

There's always an Abdul involved these days

[@W.J.Blythe]

Not surprising if the police were on the take 😬

[@bshive7669]

Makes a whole lot of sense perhaps this island IS heavily dependent on tourism and is trying to cover up the dark drug underworld. This is not going to be swept under the carpet. Rooting for Jays family and friends, keep strong xx

[@ScottishPixie87]

To little to late . The way this whole things been handled is a shambles !!

[@PauletteCheyne]

Spanish Police know whst goes on at these raves & especially Brits who go there to have a "high, good" time!

[@Moore18jp]

If one looks like that ...I can imagine what the second one looks like LOL 😆😆😆😆

[@lilac9639]

I dont get the rational behind the doorstep pic. Why not send a pic of yourself? if you want to make something LOOK like Jay, you'd have to cover yourself with a blanket otherwise your legs would give it away. It's confirmed its his footwear but, you can't even see if they even fit the feet they are on because of the angle. It feels like a setup pic to prove he was there and ok. I feel they shouldn't just presume its Jay based on a picture that doesn't even show his face. As a parent I'd need more proof than that, that my child was OK at the time 😮

[@suzieb8366]

good point

[@Dptcphd]

You think it's a black guy with a prosthetic white hand? 😂

[@TfortLo-q8m]

What about the hand though?

[@sender5804]

wasn't it snapchat? perhaps there vas a video but we have only seen a screenshot

[@Bert.Stanton]

Right. This sounds mad. But, I seen it in another video. The blanket in the pic is the exact same as the blankets on the beds in the pension playa hotel, which is apparently where Lucy was staying. Honestly. Google it. The blankets are the same. So how did that blnaket that ayub apparently gave Jay, get from the hotel to the Airbnb??

[@katieroberts525]

In this "last picture" of jay at the b and b why is it of somebody wearing something orange/red not sure what it is and the description is of him wearing grey shorts, is it a blanket or something wrapped around him,is it even jay and what are on his feet they don't look like something a 19 boy would wear 🤔

[@Sarabrenton-ri1mj]

Isn't it true the last person to see you alive is the person who has done you harm look at Huntley he murdered the poor kids

[@Marcho978]

The writing’s on the wall at this point; he stole from the local drug syndicate, got caught by them and was dealt with in true el loco fashion; The police on such a small island probably know the dealers individually, their families are probably all acquainted so no Police Officer in their right mind will want to risk his loved ones’ lives to expose the truth. After all, they’re only after their own mortgage payments and a pension at the end of the day. And the dealers are chasing a payday just like them. Not even the Central Police command on mainland Spain will want to touch this case with a 10ft pole; if they dug deep and exposed the level of corruption on the Island, every police officer and the governor of the Island would lose their jobs, and lots of people in the government would be fired or forced to resign. All for what? A random low life council estate roadman who didn’t know his limits.

[@Judge_Mental]

SPANISH COPS ARE BENT AS F. TO BE FAIR THEY ARE ON CRAPPY WAGES AND OFTEN GET PAID HANSOMLY TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY. A LIL LIKE COLOMBIA. AND YEAH IF I WAS A COP ON A SMALL ISLAND THAT IS ALSO A MAJOR TRAFFICKING /SHIPPING PORT FROM COLUMBIA AND THEN TO EUROPE ID PROBABLY LOOK THE OTHER WAY TOO IN FEAR OF REPTRIBUTION (SORRY FOR THE CAPS COULDNT BE ARSED TO DELETE AND THEN RETYPE IN LOWERCASE)

[@CherDavis-pk5sn]

I lived in Spain 11 years and Tenerife 15 months and what you say is Pure Truth from the beginning of your post till the very last word.

[@joysboy6588]

"All for what? A random low life council estate roadman who didn’t know his limits." Harsh. But very true & eloquently broken down & put. Anyone, who's either lived in Spain or just "street wise" was able to put "2&2 together" & come up with 4 , as if it were. How/why? From the word "GO", the initial online rumour was well & truly within the realms of reality and that very same rumour is NOW taking us to EXACTLY where it said it would......

[@stephenbanks5952]

That is very depressing. So it is basically a narco island. It sounds as bad as South America.

[@Marcho978]

@@stephenbanks5952 it has to be a narco island. The geography of Tenerife has determined that long ago. Right beside Morocco which produces a lot of Cannabis and Heroin, well placed off mainland Spain for narco subs and boats from Latin America to land and unload their shipments without getting close to mainland, where security is bound to be tighter. Once the drugs land there, they are considered to be in Europe and will be moved much more easily within the bloc.

[@kimmyspreadborough3636]

22,000 children go missing world wide

[@Baphometh69]

Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Yearly? Absurd number no matter what, but I assume a very high percentage are found within the same day they are reported

[@FontaineDerby]

460 people went missing in the whole of the Canary Islands in four years, 2020-23. Source: Spanish Ministry of the Interior Jay Slater, 18, of Fountains Way, ACCRINGTON - 18 month community order with 25 days rehabilitation activities and 150 hours unpaid work. Convicted of violent disorder in August 2023, when he was aged 18. He is now 19. His codefendants were found guilty of witness intimidation, attempted robbery and conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. Throughout a trial at Preston Crown Court, all eight laughed and joked in a way the judge said showed disrespect. The judge said if the group had been convicted of the more serious charge of section 18 wounding, they would all have gone to youth custody. Tom Hilton, who was 17 at the time of the attack, suffered a head injury so serious his skull was exposed, and wounds to his shoulders and legs in the attack close to the Old Paper Mill in Hermitage Street, Rishton, in August 2021. The Daily Record: Eight thugs who split boy's head open with machete dodge jail The teens were slapped with community service after attacking Tom Hilton, who was 17 at the time, with a machete, an axe and a golf club. By Rachel Smith Eve Beattie 19 JUN 2024 Please compare pictures of the convicted Jay Slater in the Lancashire Post article: Eight handed community and rehabilitation orders over attack 4th August 2023, with any other pictures of missing Jay. It is the same person. Tom Hilton, the victim, was jailed for 14 months, disqualified from driving for 25 months and must sit an extended re-test if he wants his licence back. He pled guilty to attempted burglary, theft of a motor vehicle and dangerous driving. Before conviction for these offences, he had 14 convictions for 28 offences. The court also heard that on committing these offences on February 12, Hilton was in breach of two community orders which had been imposed on him, one just three days earlier and one in November 2021 which was a two-year order. Recorder Timothy Hannam KC said: “You have an awful record for someone of your age. “You’ve had a great many chances to change your ways but these offences are so serious that only a custodial sentence is appropriate. “This was a prolonged period of bad driving being chased by police. The speeds were terrifyingly high in built up areas. You were lucky the streets were relatively empty." Source: Lancashire Telegraph - Rishton teen jailed for stealing car and taking police on 70mph chase 30th March 2023

[@tazmannn]

​@@FontaineDerbythat's alot in 3 or 4 years x

[@FontaineDerby]

​@@tazmannnStatistics show that roughly 180,000 people go missing in the UK every year. This number is believed to be a significant underestimate, as 353,000 files of missing persons are opened every year. As in most countries, the majority of missing persons are children, the majority of whom (80% of them in the case of the UK) are located within 24 hours of the filing of a missing persons report. In the United Kingdom, an estimated 112,853 children are reported missing every year. Source: National Crime Agency, UK Missing Persons Bureau. The humanitarian group Save the Children estimated Monday that around 21,000 kids are missing in the Gaza Strip as Israel’s military continues its assault on the enclave, reducing much of the Palestinian territory to rubble. Roughly 4,000 kids are likely buried under that debris, according to Save the Children, while at least 17,000 are unaccompanied, an “unknown number” are in mass graves, and others have been “detained and forcibly transferred out of Gaza, their whereabouts unknown to their families amidst reports of ill-treatment and torture.”

[@tazmannn]

@@FontaineDerby I agree with you buddy the number are huge and 480 odd people to of gone go missing in 3 years in tenirife is alot especially to say the island is small! I wasn't disagreeing with you when I said that's alot I was agreeing but just saying its too many

[@twistedbuddhaha]

If Ayub runs a cannabis cafe in tenerife why is he renting an Airbnb? Surely he'd already have accommodation on the island...

[@theprogrammerrolandmc3039]

Cannabis is legal to grow at home in Spain or outside their is no money like in the UK where it's illegal

[@BamBam-un2uq]

Potter Payper might be Johnny Vegas… cause Spanish people often give nicknames because of physical appearance, now if you check out Johnny Vegas with glasses, there is some resemblance…

[@helenhargreaves7485]

When one swims in shark infested waters...

[@Marcho978]

I hear concrete boots are in fashion in Tenerife this summer?

[@JBW_UK]

​@@Marcho978This is what I've been saying has happened. I don't even know why I just reckon that's what went down 😅

[@JBW_UK]

Hey we all wrong lol

[@tomthompson2309]

The fella who took him to the bnb knows what's up.

[@Imran-Khan-v12]

Boycott the sun and vote reform

[@roberthindle5146]

If I can find a way of getting around in the open during the day without absorbing the sun''s light, I will happily boycott it. However, that just seems impractical.

[@d.mfrost6801]

​@roberthindle5146 as a vampire I do my best, thank you for your concern

[@markdraycott3974]

They booked the rented house on the way to it in the car, that’s weird in itself, especially with how remote it is.

[@jackiereid27]

Very weird Where were they staying before they rented that house

[@dukey613]

Where is the car he travelled in ?do forensics need look at that

[@BDKool]

Qassim is a model citizen just like his pal Jay...😛

[@ambergibson1930]

The cops let these guys go because they knew they would double back on these guys!! BUT are the Spanish police covering for these 2 men?? How much business have they done on island and what were these gentlemen doing on the island themselves??? These cops just want this to go away!! They've done some work behind the scenes!! No none of these people have been forthcoming!! Including his mother?? The Mayor is just covering his own ass!! No they don't want an accurate picture....but why can't this family go the British embassy for help?? This has indeed been more than sloppy 😮😮 they just want this to go away!!!

[@PauletteCheyne]

Perhaps drug business too big to handle - ruthless & dangerous! Most people will keep quiet or else!!!

[@its_me_sam9226]

Look who he was knocking about with. Imagine being one of these idiots that paid into that gofundme to fund criminals. Haha absolute joke. After seeing jays snapchat about robbing someone with 2 mali mates I'd be asking for a refund immediately

[@kehindeemiabata4032]

look who he's knocking around with? what about look who they are knocking around with. Drug dealer vs attempted axe welding murderer....hmm.

[@suejohnson323]

Some people have claimed refunds from GFM and others have had refunds that they didn't claim for

[@its_me_sam9226]

@@kehindeemiabata4032 murderer? I'm pretty sure the victim didn't die

[@PauletteCheyne]

​@@its_me_sam9226 they did say "attempted" axe wielding murderer!

[@its_me_sam9226]

@@PauletteCheyne people clearly don't read much then

[@CherDavis-pk5sn]

I lived in Tenerife and know for a fact that there is a 'blind eye/financial relationship' between some police officers and some high up drug dealers.

[@Krasavetz]

Just like the UK then.

[@CherDavis-pk5sn]

​@@Krasavetz Basically, yeah, there are corrupt cops everywhere who have the 'you scratch my back'...mentality.

[@collette165]

If the man had nothing to hide why did he only come forward when they had shown his picture .And if the secound man has nothing to hide he would be on social media

[@TheDeb295]

They're both more than likely are on social media, just not in their own names. I'm sure they'll have been keeping up to speed with all the different pages.

[@jodiandixon9885]

Bring in investigation from the USA. They will definitely do a better job in getting answer for the family.

[@nala7658]

Maybe they ruled them out completely too quickly but they acted on the facts they had at the time. The main one being that an independent witness saw and spoke to him in town after he had left these guys and walked off into the mountains alone.

[@_bushy]

the drug business must really pay well, £40 a night airbnb..... basically they chose the most remote place to stay for a reason........

[@CherDavis-pk5sn]

Exactly. Playa las Americas is lively, busy, colourful, much more attractive to ravers/party people. I'm sure these guys didn't choose that remote location for the surrounding peaceful views.

[@tryhardigan9952]

He was caught stealing from criminals, they won’t find his body, nasty business

[@AliBaba-ke5jn]

He left alive....... meaning he's now dead.

[@peterzinia3767]

A load of drugs is often referred to as a "Rolex". I'm thinking Jay tried to burn these guys & they caught up to him & handled it. That would explain why he was heading up the mountain in the wrong direction instead of going down & back to his Villa. They asked the landlady if she had seen Jay & she(not knowing what was going on) told them that she seen him heading up the mountain so they found him & taught him a lesson.

[@anthonylabrum4095]

He isn't alive. Them men know exactly what has happened and iv said this since day 1

[@kennykenny2785]

When you keep drug dealers your friends anything can happen,only God knows where he is

[@paulinesmith9052]

Isnt it funny how quick they talk about this guys criminal past but they didnt with jay who used a machette on a young kid Standard this story is a circus

[@maimay8862]

Criminals are all over the world 😮theres more criminals out of jail than in jail 😮

[@nala7658]

This the same ex detective that told everybody that the Spanish police did not need help and to stay out of their investigation until they were asked for their help?

[@simci]

all you've done and continue to do is criticise the Spanish police,

[@susanshakesheff9706]

They can say that he left alive dont mean to say one of them hadng followed him or he was drugged.

[@FlatEric-z5y]

why didn't his mates call him a taxi when they was on the phone to him ?

[@sparkles1260]

I did think that was strange.

[@stephencurran2568]

Yes agree they should of if he was that scird to go back to b b

[@JessicaFletcher-nn5ss]

They 'were' not 'was'

[@pooooornopigeon]

Because the story is a whole lot of bs.

[@PauletteCheyne]

They probably didn't have any money?

[@CodeLeeCarter]

How'd you know he was Scared to go back to the B&B, no one else has seen him since he left the B&B,... Arrest the drug dealer, he knows something!

[@PauletteCheyne]

Jay's mate said he told him on phone he was scared to go back to bnb!

[@ronantilly6363]

He didn't want to spend 5 seconds standing at the bus stop outside, let alone two hours is abit of a clue given that its the middle of nowhere aswell..

[@warriorprincess1846]

When a roadman meets real gangsters.

[@Edddddddddie]

Who’s the gangsters. Abdul ? 😂😂😂😂

[@warriorprincess1846]

@Edddddddddie You'd never see their faces. Abdul is just the fall guy.

[@Edddddddddie]

@@warriorprincess1846 you watch to many movies 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he’s just gone missing. Ntn to do with “gangsters” 🤣🤣🤣

[@warriorprincess1846]

@Edddddddddie Say what you want mate but if the police are protecting them, then it's likely to be a crime syndicate.

[@rachaelhogan7850]

He had special skills attacking people with weapons and drug dealing taking and thieving

[@nickcoppard5335]

Also skilled magician he dissappeared

[@FontaineDerby]

@@rachaelhogan7850 Jay Slater, 18, of Fountains Way, ACCRINGTON - 18 month community order with 25 days rehabilitation activities and 150 hours unpaid work. Convicted of violent disorder in August 2023, when he was aged 18. He is now 19. His codefendants were found guilty of witness intimidation, attempted robbery and conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. Throughout a trial at Preston Crown Court, all eight laughed and joked in a way the judge said showed disrespect. The judge said if the group had been convicted of the more serious charge of section 18 wounding, they would all have gone to youth custody. Tom Hilton, who was 17 at the time of the attack, suffered a head injury so serious his skull was exposed, and wounds to his shoulders and legs in the attack close to the Old Paper Mill in Hermitage Street, Rishton, in August 2021. The Daily Record: Eight thugs who split boy's head open with machete dodge jail The teens were slapped with community service after attacking Tom Hilton, who was 17 at the time, with a machete, an axe and a golf club. By Rachel Smith Eve Beattie 19 JUN 2024 Please compare pictures of the convicted Jay Slater in the Lancashire Post article: Eight handed community and rehabilitation orders over attack 4th August 2023, with any other pictures of missing Jay. It is the same person. Tom Hilton, the victim, was jailed for 14 months, disqualified from driving for 25 months and must sit an extended re-test if he wants his licence back. He pled guilty to attempted burglary, theft of a motor vehicle and dangerous driving. Before conviction for these offences, he had 14 convictions for 28 offences. The court also heard that on committing these offences on February 12, Hilton was in breach of two community orders which had been imposed on him, one just three days earlier and one in November 2021 which was a two-year order. Recorder Timothy Hannam KC said: “You have an awful record for someone of your age. “You’ve had a great many chances to change your ways but these offences are so serious that only a custodial sentence is appropriate. “This was a prolonged period of bad driving being chased by police. The speeds were terrifyingly high in built up areas. You were lucky the streets were relatively empty." Source: Lancashire Telegraph - Rishton teen jailed for stealing car and taking police on 70mph chase 30th March 2023

[@Amy_Housewife8809]

What's he doing in the UK would be my question? Must be a qualified pharmacist or anaesthesiologist.

[@hughiedavies6069]

Not enough questions or questioning has happened 🙄

[@arcadesunrise]

Said it all along. He stole drugs from the two men and has then left quickly to get away. He was probably trying to stash the drugs in the desert before getting the bus back

[@blazengodz4207]

desert????? hahahhaha what deserts in Tenerife

[@snapdragon1194]

What desert, he was up a volcanic mountainous area. Why would he take a large amount of drugs to Tenerife? If you know nothing about this why make up crap, unless you're just a nasty scummy troll?

[@itchydez]

This is actually plausible, it would explain why he chose to walk 11 hours instead of waiting 2 hours for the bus.

[@Ally-StaffyLover]

You got to remember where in all that sand you would remember where you exactly put it. 😂 Like finding a needle in a haystack especially if his off his nut 🤯

[@ianclose123]

​@@itchydez but if he was planning to come home from Tenerife, what would his sudden plan be for smuggling the pills back into the UK. It makes more sense for it to be a stolen Rolex which would be much more easy to sneak back to the UK.

[@biancawheatley9905]

Apparently the place got clean and painted the next day, also heard new carpet was laid

[@harvest585]

They were only going in forensics to make sure no signs of criminality was left behind

[@pleasantville4529]

Clean up crew?

[@Ruth-os4mi]

Rent boy v drug dealers.

[@raewhittakerTea_pot]

Is the lady who owns the bnb in on the deal - did she go to report to someone that Jay had left and was on his way back to the hotel

[@MarjorieStoker-oj8fh]

No more Publicity

[@jackiereid27]

Surely he would want to hide in the crowd if he had a bag of drugs on his back selling them in club . Not stealing a guys Rolex from his wrist Doesnt make sense You dont want the cops or anyone else knowing you have drugs on you

[@pleasantville4529]

Whose backpack was it? Did he theive it from someone? Did he have the backpack with him when he was seen by the local lady?

[@clarifyingquestions]

omg the trolls were all over this 2 weeks ago!!!! And call this.

[@jodiandixon9885]

Can they check the cell phone tower signals to see if any other phones was close to him at the time of dissaperance

[@pleasantville4529]

I don't think the investigators would miss that one mate. I'd imagine that was one of the first things they did.

[@theprogrammerrolandmc3039]

@@pleasantville4529 Phones can't be tracked when they are turned off so if you ever plan to do someone harm get them to make a call to friends turn your own phone off then whack them not in the house silly. Then take their phone make messages to their friends and throw the phone at the bottom of some hills to make it look like they wandered off. Job done just remember to not leave finger prints on phone and get rid off the person you whacked preferably not close to the disappearance. Get back home and turn your phone on ....🤣 some advice don't message people you stole a rolex when it's street slang for 15K of coke.

[@M-yz3mm]

Obviously foul play...

[@mrwhite1765]

The pebbles in this drugs dealers mouth and his cheap accommodation tells me all I need to know about Escobar

[@andyetheridge]

A drug dealer who uses Allans Snack Bar! No surprise there!

[@andrearaver1384]

why say he ad nowhere else to go , he ad an apartment to bk to god sake what liar

[@mrdrifter3925]

The Spanish version of Inspector Morse is comedy gold.🤡🤡🤡

[@JohnBrewster-s8o]

The family have not given a penny of the money that had been donated to anyone apart from themselves... The innocent loving, boy who wouldn't hurt a fly... had admitted before his disappearance that he had stolen a watch.. Give the fund money to the man that owns the Rolex.

[@Nunn_the_wiser]

If the two men were drinking Hennessy all night, how on earth did they drive back?

[@jasminespencer3992]

Are there wild animals there that could attack, kill and or eat him?

[@samgarner7858]

Hope they find him, think Lucy Mae knows more than she's letting on....⚡

[@joysboy6588]

I think they ALL know much more about Jay's disappearance than what they're making out. How/why? As time goes by, it's slowly seeping out that they ALL know each other. But the significance of the above is they live all over the U.K.. If the Spanish police can be bothered (as this happens EVERY summer over there.....), they need to work closely with U.K. police on EXACTLY how & why, ALL these people knew each other, when they're from ALL over the U.K. & from there, what ALL brought them to Tenerife @ the same time.

[@kimballentyne3482]

Thank you for sharing your news. Were the roads sealed off? Were there any cameras at the air b n b? Has any vehicle got dash cam evidence? Jay probably ended up with the wrong crowd who may be holding him hostage. Best for everybody to put their differences to one side and start liaising with everybody. This is very important.

[@quantumenergysolutions9128]

Hey Sun! Can you run serving teams on small islands without the boss paying off the local police? Why is it only me who questions the obvious??

[@jeannetteviviers9851]

Rolex is the street name for cocaine This cop thinks it's a timepiece 😂

[@dandavenport4784]

its just odd, if he died out in the mountains there would be a body or signs of a body, items etc but there is nothing

[@helenhargreaves7485]

Totally!! He's been disposed.

[@helenhargreaves7485]

They found poor old Micheal Moseley!!

[@pooooornopigeon]

He's not up there, his friends et al want you to think so.

[@IanMorrison-y3z]

The buzzards and carrion crows would be feeding on a body by now. They should send a bird watcher out.

[@pooooornopigeon]

@@IanMorrison-y3z He's not up there.

[@JBbudgettravel]

Them two blokes are responsible for this

[@Ally-StaffyLover]

This is so suspect. 🤔

[@LiamGoyette]

LOOK AT THE BNB PICTURE OF HIM HOLDING A CIGARETTE, the feet look smaller at the bottom in the middle , AS IN SOMEBODY IS HOLDING HIM UP TO TAKE THE SNAP CHAT PICTURE !!!!! Looks like it to me

[@dustersinternational221]

he is wearing a blanket around him, it was cold and he was in shorts so they gave him one to use

[@rosita3528]

Do you know how hard it would be to hold up dead weight?

[@samsungcrossland2036]

If jay was genuinely lost his body or item he was carrying that day would have been found 🤔

[@michellegibson1938]

Why would he walk when bus stop across road ,?in a country he don' know if he charged his phone why only 1 percent why no water he was uncomfortable or he'd have stayed I think scared yep alive when he left apartment but I think set up 2 body's found in that time and a disoriented thirsty hiker but no jay has the police not checked the boat went out turned of location for a while ?way to young to be of this planet 😢

[@KenzieWatts-n4h]

Avoid Tenerife if you're british 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❌❌❌

[@briangray6944]

It a report by the Sun. Pinch of salt.

[@SylviaSmith-j8b]

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