What has the inquest heard previously?published at 10:40 British Summer Time
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Officers and volunteers during the search for Jay Slater in the Masca ravine in June 2024
At a previous hearing in May, the inquest heard from toxicology reports and Slater’s own messages that he had been under the influence of drugs and alcohol – with traces of MDMA, cocaine and ketamine in his system when he died.
Although, it was not clear how long before his death he had taken them.
The inquest also heard Slater had sent messages to friends on social media referring to being with “two kids” who had stolen a “luxury” watch from someone, and had sent a picture of himself with two knives.
Slater had got into a car and was driven to the AirBnB in the remote village of Masca, around 22 miles (36km) away from where he was staying.
The court heard local man Ramon Hernandez had recalled meeting him on the morning of 17 June in Masca as he and a friend were on their way to work.
They said Slater asked if a bus or taxi would take him to Los Cristianos where he had been staying, and they told him the next bus was due at 10:00 and the area did not have a taxi service.
The inquest also heard from Det Ch Insp Rachel Higson, head of digital media investigations at Lancashire Police, who said she had examined Slater’s phone and said it had recorded “a lot of steps and inclines” and that there was nothing to suggest he was “under any threat from anybody”.
A consultant forensic pathologist also told the court Slater’s cause of death was likely severe head injury.