Jay Slater inquest: Coroner to deliver verdict after friends reveals teenager’s final moments before he disappeared – live updates

Snapchat posts from Jay Slater’s account were played at the inquest yesterday including a video on the morning he went missing.

The clip shows a scene of large mountains and a driveway as the sun rises.

The video was taken from the steps of the Airbnb Jay had visited. In another, a blanket can be seen on Jay as he smokes a cigarette.

Watch the Snapchat posts below:

Debbie Duncan arriving at Preston Coroner’s Court

Jay Slater’s mother Debbie Duncan, 56, has arrived at Preston Coroner’s Court for the final day of her son’s inquest, along with her elder son Zak, 25.

Later this morning coroner Dr James Adeley is expected to summarise the evidence which the court has heard about Jay’s movements in the run-up to his death on June 17 last year and give his conclusion.

Jay Slater was holidaying on the Spanish island and had 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.

But he vanished the next morning after going with two men to an Airbnb in a village in the mountains miles from his holiday apartment.

A huge search was launched after he was reported missing on June 17, and his body was found by a mountain rescue team almost a month later in a steep and inaccessible area, near the village of Masca on July 15.

Watch a timeline of his disappearance below:

Coroner Dr James Adeley has heard all the evidence yesterday and is expected to sum it up this morning before delivering his conclusions.

Yesterday, he said he was considering a possible short form conclusion in the case.

It means he may conclude Jay’s death was caused by natural causes, accident or misadventure among others.

As a reminder, a post-mortem found that Jay died of traumatic head injuries, consistent with a fall from height. His death would have been instantaneous.

Forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd, who examined Mr Slater’s body after its repatriation to the UK, said at May’s inquest that injuries including severe skull and pelvis fractures.

In case you missed the first day at Preston Coroner’s Court, here’s a full report from James Tozer on what evidence was heard in court.

Here are just some of the key lines below:

• Jay’s friend Lucy Law recalled their final phone call with and revealed the moment she ‘started panicking’ when he told her he was ‘in the middle of mountains’
• Drug dealer Ayub Qassim said Jay did not steal a watch and may have been ‘boasting’ in Snapchat messages when he said he would try and sell it for £10,000
• Mr Qassim said he also tried to stop Jay leaving his Airbnb before he vanished after the teenager insisted on catching a bus to return to his own apartment
• Friends say Jay Slater wasn’t threatened or in conflict at any point of the holiday and took partying ‘a bit too far’
• Two witnesses the coroner summoned to give evidence could not be traced including Brandon Hodgson, a friend of Jay’s, and Steven Roccas who rented the Airbnb with Mr Qassim
• Spanish authorities believe Jay Slater may have entered a ravine to get to the beach
• Friend Bradley Geoghegan reveals his last conversation with Jay Slater was the teenager asking if any alcohol was at their apartment

Read James Tozer’s report here:

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage on the second day of the Jay Slater inquest at Preston Coroner’s Court.

Coroner Dr James Adeley is expected to conclude how Jay died in Tenerife last summer after he vanished while on holiday.

Following his disappearance, which sparked a viral frenzy among conspiracy theorists, Jay’s body was discovered in mountainous terrain 29 days later.

An inquest into his death resumed on Thursday after it was adjourned in May so key witnesses could be traced.

Yesterday, a number of them spoke in person and remotely at Preston Coroner’s Court although two men did not take part in the proceedings after attempts to contact them.

Stick with us for the latest updates from the inquest with James Tozer reporting from Preston Coroner’s Court and Jamie Bullen in London.