Nobody thinks the crime is minor, but it happened three years ago and it's broadly irrelevant to the process of finding him, dead or alive, in 2024. If it ever becomes relevant to this investigation then that would be the time to discuss it, IMO.
It is not relevant to the search afaik.
Something else doesn’t add up. If this crime happened 3 years in 2021 he would have been 16 and not be named. Confused
Maybe he said don't call the police?
It took 2 years to go to court so by the time it did he was 18 and an adult and could be named. There was huge court backlogs post covid hence 2 years to go to court.
I think in England only children in the Youth Court have automatic anonymity, although the court can decide to waive it. Other criminal courts can grant anonymity but there is no right in English Law to it. From the articles I read it sounded like these boys were in a normal court and sat and laughed through the proceedings and angered the judge by not seeming sorry for what they did. He’s the one with ability to grant anonymity and I guess while he didn’t give them prison time (just community service) he decided not to make them anonymous.
All MOO. Maybe it wasn't what he thought it was going to be- not as lively as he expected or more lively than he expected. He may not have had any concept of what time it really was and just wanted to get back to his room and get some sleep.
If he was high/drunk (he was seen at the club until 5am) he likely was saying all kinds of stuff and not making sense. The witness statement that has been reported is he asked about the bus, she told him times, left in car, coming back she saw him walking the wrong way toward the mountainous trails. Her statement is the most reliable thing we have.So which is it- did he tell Lucy he was walking home as per his mums quote or would he never have considered walking home and would have flagged a car down as per Lucy’s quote. If Jay outright told Lucy he was walking home, then why when interviewed later would she believe he would never do that and would just head to the road and hitchhike, or did he not disclose how he planned to get home. Or did he even say with sarcasm when asked how he was going to get home “yeah mate I’m going to walk the 11 hours back”- would he even have suggested that was how he was going to continue his journey when he had rang to say he had cut his leg, had no water and was lost in the middle of nowhere with 1% battery- ‘but I will just keep ploughing on’ doesn’t seem like a normal part of the rest of the conversation. The two differing interviews are quoted in the article below
Jay Slater's mum explains why she fears missing Brit in Tenerife was abducted
The 19-year-old's Monday disappearance has sparked fears - both from friends and family - that he may have been abducted, with his mum questioning why no one has seen himwww.mirror.co.uk
He seemed off his head in those club photos. No way was he making rational judgements. This will be misadventure sadly IMO.
And this backs up what L said, so we have two independent reports that match up to say he was walking in the mountains around the village and no one has heard or seen anything of him since.
Yeah I think all evidence points to misadventure. Most likely in my opinion a sad case of someone getting lost and having an accident or succumbing to the elements. Hopefully his family will get closure but with that kind of terrain it sadly often doesn’t happen.
Can we have a link for this please- the only quotes I have seen, he was on a road walking and even they are rumours in so much as the person quoted spoke to another person who saw him and hadn’t seen them personally.
Agree, it will be a search for a body now, no chance he could survive without food/water this long in extreme heat in day and extreme cold at night, my hope is he had a fall and perished instantly rather than suffer with the elements/poisonous snakes etc
www.bbc.com
It’s cold at night, but not as hot as people keep saying during the day. Yesterday it was 17 and drizzle where they were searching. If you look at the weather report from the last week searching for the mountain villages and not the south of Tenerife, it has been warmer here the last couple of days. IMO I agree it is probably misadventure, I’m not convinced they are searching in the right area and wish they would broaden the search along the roads and the sides of the roads. That being said, there will be morning moisture and he may have managed to survive out in the wilderness, it’s a slim chance, but it’s not impossible although as the days go on it’s more improbable sadly.
True, but then I would expect that they would have led with 'video call' and described what they could see themselves to assist with the search? Or have taken screenshots, if it was when he was outside.
