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'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 died after falling up to 25m in a remote ravine in Tenerife while trying to walk back to his accommodation following a night out.

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.

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.

A teenager who went missing in Tenerife sparking a month-long search died as a result of an accidental fall, a coroner has concluded. | ITV News Granada

Jay slater, the British teenager who went missing in Tenerife last summer, died by accident after falling down a ravine, a coroner concluded. The 19-year-old was attempting a 14-hour walk home from a night out with friends drinking and taking drugs, Preston Coroner’s Court has heard.