THE two men who took Jay Slater back to a remote Airbnb in Tenerife have appeared on social media to answer questions about the case.In the footage Ayub Qassim, and a man believed to be his pal Rocky, defend themselves – and debunk the conspiracy theories circulating around them and Jay’s disappearance.Qassim said Jay died in a tragic accident. And he stated: “If I’m guilty then arrest me then, what are you on about? When you’re telling the truth you don’t slip up.”The pair were among the last people to see 19-year-old Jay before he went missing on June 17.Jay travelled to the remote village of Masca with them after spending the night partying at the Papagayo nightclub in Playa de las Americas. (Image: YouTube)
An investigator probing the disappearance and death of British teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife has shed light on why the youngster left a property unaccompanied. Mark Williams-Thomas conducted interviews with Jay’s family, friends, and key witnesses in the aftermath of his disappearance on June 16 last year. Jay had attended the NRG music festival with friends at the Papagayo nightclub in Playa de las Americas before heading to an Airbnb apartment in the early hours of the next day.
This apartment was the last place Jay was seen alive, prior to the discovery of his body on July 15 by a Spanish Civil Guard mountain rescue team near the village of Masca on the Canary Island. Mr Williams-Thomas has now revealed details of his conversation with Ayub Qassim, who rented the Airbnb, about the last time he spoke to Jay on the morning he left the apartment.
According to Mr Qassim: “He (Jay) said to me ‘Pal I’m off, this woman told me I can get a bus every 10 minutes’, I told him that he’s mad, there’s no bus that’s coming here every 10 minutes, chill out for a bit and I’ll drop you off later on.He said, ‘No, no I’ve got to go to Los Cristianos, I need to scram, I need to chip out’. There’s nothing more that I could do.”, reports the Daily Record.
