Missing lad in Tenerife, Jay Slater

I am by nature - and upbringing -sensible and cautious, but I can look back to my teenage years and see several occasions when I quite unthinkingly did things that it makes my blood run cold to think back to.

I remember telling my horrified mother that I'd accepted an offer from a young man in a folk-club-coffee-bar to go back to his for an alternative cup of tea and to check out his record collection.

Fortunately for me, he was, in fact, addicted to tea-drinking, and did have a record collection, a collection of opera music - he was a would-be opera tenor and treated me to an eye-wateringly strong cup of tea and a personalised rendition of Pucinni's Che gelida manina.

annsixty

Thank you JJ I really am not a Hardhearted Hannah.

In my opinion first and foremost the money should go to the man whose Rolex was stolen. As £59000 might not be enough for a replacement, the family is asking for more donations?

comrade

In my opinion first and foremost the money should go to the man whose Rolex was stolen. As £59000 might not be enough for a replacement, the family is asking for more donations?

But surely, there needs to be solid evidence that it was Jay who stole it? As opposed to supposition and rumour?

What about the volunteers who risked life and limb to look for him? I'd say they were more deserving than the Rolex watch-owner who - I'd imagine - has insured his watch anyway.