Jay slater 'wanted to sell watch strap for £10,000', inquest hears

DETAILS OF JAY'S FINAL MOVEMENTS ARE BEING DISCUSSED IN COURT 12:41, 21 May 2025Updated 12:41, 21 May 2025 Jay Slater sent a message about 'selling' an expensive watch strap

moments before his disappearance, an inquest has heard. Claims were previously made about Jay stealing a £12,000 Rolex watch on the night before his disappearance in Tenerife last June. The

alleged theft was a line of inquiry made by investigator Mark Williams-Thomas as Jay's disappearance dominated national headlines. His mum, Debbie Duncan, had described the claims as

'nonsense' - telling The Sun last August that her son 'would never have been involved in anything like that'. Senior coroner Dr James Adeley has now explored the claims

during Jay's inquest at Preston Coroner's Court today (May 21). A witness named Josh Forshaw met Jay at Manchester Airport on the way to Tenerife, before later seeing him at the

NRG music festival, which Jay attended with his friends. Josh told the inquest Jay was 'off his head on drugs' and 'seemed dead happy' at the festival before he

disappeared on June 17 last year. The inquest has heard Jay sent a message to Josh in which he said: "Ended up getting thrown out with two Mali kids, just took an AP [expensive watch

strap] off somebody and was on the way to sell it." Josh claimed Jay told him he was going to sell the watch strap for '10 quid' - which he claimed was slang for £10,000, not

£10. He also claimed Jay sent him a picture showing 'knives down his trousers'. Josh says the picture Jay sent him of two knives down his trousers, was captioned 'in case it

kicks off'. He told the coroner he didn't inform Spanish police about this image. He told the court that after returning home, he informed Lancashire Police about the picture with

the knives. The inquest continues this afternoon - read our live coverage here. --- _For the latest stories and breaking news visit __manchestereveningnews.co.uk__. __Get the latest

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