How keen raver Jay Slater was laid to rest to the sound of drum-and-bass: 'Keep partying hard up there'

How keen raver Jay Slater was laid to rest to the sound of drum-and-bass: 'Keep partying hard up there' By Dan Woodland Published: 14:00 EDT, 10 August 2024 | Updated: 14:00 EDT, 10 August 2024 e-mail View comments Jay Slater was laid to rest today amid an encore of drum-and-bass music as hundreds gathered to bid a final farewell to the teenage bricklayer . Mourners, wearing the 19-year-old's favourite colour blue, lined the streets of Accrington earlier today to pay their respects to the teen who is thought to have fallen to his death in Tenerife last month. Mother Debbie Duncan, 55, and father Warren Slater, 58, both wiped away tears as they led a procession of mourners through the drizzle at Accrington Crematorium Chapel today.

Perhaps fittingly for Jay, a known raver, his coffin was carried outside to the sound of a drum-and-bass track. Earlier in the ceremony, during their eulogies, friends recalled Jay's 'buzzing and smiling' demeanor and told their late schoolmate to 'keep partying hard up there'. Jay's family and friends follow behind his body in the funeral procession Hundreds of mourners dressed in blue gathered amid pouring rain this morning to bid a final farewell to teenage bricklayer Jay Slater.

Pictured: Jay's mother The 19-year-old was the subject of a huge international manhunt when he vanished in Tenerife on June 17 after attending a music festival with his mates The 19-year-old was the subject of a huge international manhunt when he vanished in Tenerife on .