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 has been ruled as accidental by the coroner. At the start of today's hearing, the teenager's mother, Debbie Duncan, read out an emotional tribute to her son. Follow the latest below.

Jay Slater, 19, who went missing in Tenerife last summer sparking a huge search, died by accident after falling from a height of around 20 to 25 metres, a coroner has concluded.

Jay Slater's death in a Tenerife ravine was accidental after he fell from a height, a coroner has ruled after an inquest heard his mother say their "hearts are broken"

Jay Slater did not steal a £12,000 Rolex in the hours before his disappearance, a key witness has insisted. Convicted drug dealer Ayub Qassim, who was one of the last people to see the 19-year-old alive before he disappeared in Tenerife last year, told an inquest the claims were “100 per cent ” inaccurate.

The 19-year-old died from head injuries in the fall down a ravine as he tried to walk back to his holiday apartment, his inquest has concluded.

Mr Slater, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was visiting the Spanish island of Tenerife and had been to the NRG music festival with friends at the Papagayo nightclub in the resort of Playa de las Americas on 16 June last year when he went missing.

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, 19, disappeared while holidaying on the Spanish island with friends after he was forced to leave a nightclub because he was so drunk. | ITV News Granada