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Worrying developments in the case surrounding the disappearance of Jay Slater in Spain
‘He left the house alive’, according to one of the last people to see the young British tourist in Tenerife
A sea of doubt surrounds the disappearance of 19-year-old Jay Slater in Tenerife and the case has taken yet another troubling turn. The young tourist’s whereabouts remain unknown since he was last seen on June 17, and the Spanish authorities have now called off the widespread search.
Jay was last seen in the town of Masca, in the south of the island, after attending a party. One of the last people to see him, Ayub Qassim, assured that the teenager left his Airbnb alive. Now, renowned investigator Mark Williams-Thomas, known for his work on the Madeleine McCann case, has joined the investigation.
According to Mr Williams-Thomas, Jay’s friends claim they saw an image on Snapchat in which the young man admitted to stealing a Rolex and asked for help to sell the luxury watch. This alleged incident occurred during the early hours of June 17-18, around the last time he was seen. However, with no concrete evidence beyond the word of his friends, the investigator remains cautious.
Adding another layer of intrigue, the British press has revealed the identity of one of the people who rented the Airbnb where Jay stayed the night before he vanished. The man is believed to be Ayub Qassim, a 31-year-old who was in prison for being the mastermind behind a sophisticated drug operation in Wales.
“I let him stay at my house because he had nowhere else to go and all his friends had abandoned him. I know Jay through friends, I did him a favour and now my face is all over the news,” Mr Qassim said this week.
It also appears that he didn’t use his real name to book the Spanish accommodation, instead posing as ‘Ayub Abdul’.
Mr Qassim’s criminal record dates back to 2015, when he was accused of being the leader of a London-based criminal gang that imported heroin and crack into Wales. For this, he was sentenced to nine years and nine months in prison.
The Spanish authorities have insisted that neither of the two Britons Jay spent the night with are under suspicion, although officers did conduct a second search of the Airbnb earlier in the week.
In other news: British children found locked in stifling car in Tenerife
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