Hundreds attend the funeral of Lancashire teenager Jay Slater who died in Tenerife

Mourners wore blue in memory of the teenager, from Oswaldtwistle, who was laid to rest in Accrington.

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of Jay Slater, whose body was found in Tenerife after a month missing.

The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was reported missing on the morning of June 17 while trying to walk back to his holiday accommodation.

His body was found a month later and returned to the UK last week, with a post-mortem concluding he died of traumatic head injuries, consistent with a fall from height.

Hundreds attended the “celebration of life service” at Accrington Cemetery Chapel on Saturday, August 10, and those attending were asked to wear something blue in his memory.

His coffin was brought into the chapel to 'Forever Young'.

Jay's loved ones asked that, instead of flowers, people donate to LBT Global, an overseas crisis support charity which helped the family.

Funeral director Sarah Barton officiated at the service and told the congregation: “We know that Jay touched the lives of so many people, and on behalf of the family I would like to thank all those who have sent heartfelt messages and cards to them to help them get through this incredibly hard and sad time.

“I would also like to thank all those who have helped bring Jay safely back to us, family, friends, the kind offers from people in Tenerife, the police here back home and all of you for coming here today to show your love and care.”

Scammers have targeted the funeral of Mr Slater, offering access to an apparent livestream of the service in what is being described as more 'vile trolling'.

LBT Global, the charity assisting the family, says it has had some of the accounts removed but more continue to appear.

"We ask that anyone seeing one of these pages reports it to the platform," Matthew Searle, the charity's Chief Executive, said.

"Please don’t follow them or send them money. It is so typical of the vile trolling this family have received for them to target something so special as a funeral.”

Funeral director Sarah Barton officiated at the service and told the congregation: “We know that Jay touched the lives of so many people, and on behalf of the family I would like to thank all those who have sent heartfelt messages and cards to them to help them get through this incredibly hard and sad time."

Mr Slater attended a music festival with friends before his disappearance, with his last known location being the Rural de Teno Park, an 11-hour walk from his accommodation.

He had travelled to an Airbnb in Masca after a night out but the two men said to have rented the property were later ruled “not relevant” to the case.

The Spanish Civil Guard found Mr Slater's body on Monday, 15 July, could have fallen in the steep and inaccessible area where he was discovered.

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