ONE of the final individuals to see Jay Slater alive has made a “sick” return to the identical Tenerife Airbnb the place the Brit teen disappeared from.

Stephen Roccas – higher referred to as Rocky – was staying on the Airbnb on the evening earlier than Jay disappeared.

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Now Roccas posted a nine-second video of himself standing outdoors the very cottage the place Jay was final seen alive, in line with the DailyMail.

He gave the impression to be sporting a West Ham soccer shirt as he confirmed the close by space and wrote “views” within the caption.

The clip has now sparked a backlash – particularly as a result of Rocky refused to seem at Jay’s inquest held earlier this yr.

One social media person wrote within the feedback: “It is a bit sick.”

Jay’s mom Debbie stated: “What’s he making an attempt to do? Rub our noses in it? Why has he even gone again there? What for? What’s he making an attempt to show? I don’t perceive it.

“I might like to ask him some questions however I can’t because the inquest is over and it’s all finished. However I actually want to know why he’s again there.

“I hope individuals begin asking questions of him. The final yr has been hell for us.”

Jay’s physique was present in a ravine within the distant Rural de Teno Nationwide Park final July after an agonising 29-day search.

Apprentice bricklayer Jay flew to the Spanish island final June to attend the NRG music pageant in Playa de las Americas with two associates, Lucy Legislation and Brad Hargreaves.

The teenager travelled to an Airbnb condominium in Masca with two males – Rocky and convicted drug supplier Ayub Qassim – within the early hours of June 17, earlier than leaving at round 8am.

Jay, of Oswaldtwistle, Lancs, made a heartbreaking closing name to buddy Lucy saying he had lower his leg, was misplaced, dehydrated and had only one per cent battery on his telephone after he left the Airbnb.

After a protracted search, police confirmed Jay’s physique had been discovered close to a steep ravine in Masca

Lucy and Bradley Geoghegan, associates Jay was on vacation with, and Ayub Qassim and Steven Roccas, who Jay went to the Airbnb with, all didn’t attend the primary inquest listening to in Might.

Although Lucy made a number of revelations as she spoke to the Slater household barrister – together with what the pair’s closing textual content stated.

Why the inquest farce is extra ache for Jay’s household

by Katie Davis, Chief International Reporter (Digital)

AS I stood within the sweltering, distant mountains of Masca I used to be instructed the information Jay Slater’s family members dreaded – his physique had been discovered.

However for his devastated household, it didn’t deliver the closure they so desperately wanted.

Now nearly a yr on, his grief-stricken mum, dad and brother have been subjected to but extra torment as an inquest into his dying dredged up painful particulars of his disappearance – whereas missing any precise solutions.

Jay’s brave mum Debbie Duncan opened as much as me simply weeks after his physique was discovered about how she was tortured by not understanding what occurred to her beloved son earlier than he fell to his dying.

I used to be humbled by the bravery she confirmed within the face of dwelling each dad or mum’s worst nightmare on the world stage – relentlessly hounded by senseless trolls.

Spineless witnesses failing to show as much as the listening to to supply essential data is a kick within the tooth for Debbie and his already struggling household.

The 19-year-old went lacking 11 months in the past, and his physique tragically found 29 days later.

So why in any case these months has the courtroom didn’t deliver collectively very important witnesses – together with the 2 associates he was on vacation with?

After months and months of battling via their grief, the very last thing Jay’s household wanted was to face a farce of a listening to with out the mandatory witnesses.

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Qassim additionally gave proof on the inquest through a video hyperlink.

Nonetheless, Rocky didn’t seem.

Coroner Dr James Adeley instructed Preston Crown Courtroom: “[Rocky] is doing this of his personal volition. As he’s overseas, I can’t compel him to present proof.”

It’s understood that police tried to serve Rocky with a witness summons at a number of addresses in London and Manchester, however have been unable to find him.

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