Jay Slater's mother slams TV detective who flew out to Tenerife after his latest post on her son

The mother of the late Jay Slater has publicly condemned an ex-detective for reigniting her anguish by discussing his involvement in the case on social media, stating that his actions have "knocked her back a million steps".

Jay Slater, an apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, vanished during a festival holiday in Tenerife on 17 June. The 19-year-old's his body was discovered on 15 July near the village of Masca, not far from his last known location.

Mark Williams-Thomas, the former detective who had offered to aid the family during the search, has been speaking out on the ordeal once more and said another update could be revealed 'soon'. But Jay's mother, Debbie Duncan, is asking him to step back from the case.

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She shared with MailOnline her distress: "I'm still in bits here, I'm having counselling, and it doesn't get any easier, I couldn't sleep at all last night because after he posted what he did it on his social media just kicked off all the trolls again.

"What he said has knocked me back a million steps, I just wish he would say what he knows or just stay out of it. We last spoke a few weeks ago briefly because I wanted to clear some things up."

"There was nothing really new, I just wanted to go over some things and he said if I remembered anything to give me a call and that was it.

"I thought for a second he might have something but now I'm thinking it might just be a PR stunt as all it's done is that it's got all the bl***y Tik-Tokers back and they have never really stopped which is even sadder," according to a report by the Mirror.

The initial findings from the post-mortem indicated that Jay's death was likely due to a "fall or plunge from height", revealing multiple fractures, as confirmed by the Civil Guard.

But on Monday, Mr Williams-Thomas posted a video on social media platform X, talking about his close collaboration with Jay's family and his efforts in gathering significant evidence. This included information from potential witnesses, Jays acquaintances, and indirectly from officials.

He said that although he always maintained Jay's death was a 'tragic accident', there were other updates on Jay's movements before he vanished that have not yet been revealed.

He said: "I worked very closely with the family and as a result of that, got a lot of information, but also a lot of information from potential witnesses, people involved, people who knew Jay and also the authorities in a roundabout way.

"One of the things that's very clear is there is a huge amount of misinformation. I've been back and looked through some of the videos I took when I went out there, in relation to my investigation and thought processes whilst the investigation was going on.

"You find information out, you look at that, and then a couple of days later that information changes or is evidenced in some way. Some of the information that came to me in the early days wasn't accurate and wasn't correct and I needed to validate it."

He admitted that he has not yet revealed details of 'considerable issues that existed' and why Jay 'left in the manner he did' and 'didn't want to return' but that they may be released 'when the time is right'.

"I've got to be very careful. What I don't want to do is upset the family with any more trauma than they have already had and so it would be something I would work very closely with Debbie and the family on to reveal that information. And maybe the time will be right soon to be able to do that, but not right now," he said.