Jay Slater died after accidental fall in Tenerife, coroner finds

A British coroner has concluded that the teenager Jay Slater, whose disappearance in Tenerife prompted a month-long search last summer, died after falling down a remote ravine in a dangerous area.

- Mark Brown

The coroner, James Adeley, said the death of the 19-year-old was accidental, with no one else involved.

Earlier at the inquest in Preston, Slater's tearful mother, Debbie Duncan, paid tribute to her son, saying he was a "joy to be around".

The four-week search for Slater made headlines across Europe and filled social media channels daily after he disappeared on his first holiday abroad without his parents.

Slater, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, had been to the NRG music festival with friends at the Papagayo nightclub in the resort district of Playa de las Américas on 16 June. The inquest heard he had taken ecstasy pills, cocaine and possibly ketamine, along with alcohol on the night out.

He vanished the next morning after going with two men to an Airbnb in Masca, a village in the mountains many miles from his holiday apartment in Los Cristianos.