A huge search was launched when the 19-year-old went missing last summer, before his body was found by a mountain rescue team.

Jay Slater’s death after falling more than 80ft down a ravine was an accident, a coroner has ruled. The 19-year-old suffered skull fractures and brain trauma in the fall following a three-and-a-half-hour walk through mountains in Tenerife last July.

Ayoub Qassim, whose flat Jay Slater stayed at before he disappeared, has been speaking at his inquest. A school friend of Jay, Bradley Geoghegan, who travelled with him on holiday to Tenerife, has also spoken at the hearing.

The coroner continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Lancashire teen Jay Slater who was found dead in Tenerife a month after he went missing.

Jay slater, the British teenager who went missing in Tenerife last summer, died by accident after falling down a ravine, a coroner concluded. The 19-year-old was attempting a 14-hour walk home from a night out with friends drinking and taking drugs, Preston Coroner’s Court has heard.

An inquest this week has heard how the 19 year-old vanished in the mountains after taking a cocktail of drugs and alcohol - sparking a month-long search.

Jay Slater died in accidental fall in Tenerife, coroner rules at end of inquest - The 19-year-old died from head injuries in the fall down a ravine as he tried to walk back to his holiday apartment, h

Jay Slater died after falling up to 25m in a remote ravine in Tenerife while trying to walk back to his accommodation following a night out.

A teenager who went missing in Tenerife sparking a month-long search died as a result of an accidental fall, a coroner has concluded. | ITV News Granada