Jay Slater: Victim of gang attack involving missing teen speaks out as Tenerife search escalates

A man who was left injured in a machete attack by a gang involving missing Brit Jay Slater has urged people to 'help find him' and 'have some respect' as the major search efforts enter their tenth day.

Jay was part of an gang of eight that split the skull of Tom Hilton, then aged 17, during an attack with a machete and an axe in Rishton, Lancashire, back in August, 2021.

19-year-old bricklayer Jay vanished last Monday morning (June 17) after attending a three day rave with pals in Tenerife. It is understood he jetted off to the Spanish island to attend the NRG music festival in the south of the island.

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Details of Mr Hilton's attack were widely shared online after previous articles had been uncovered and re-posted on social media, amid the search efforts to locate missing Jay.

In court he described the gang of eight as a 'pack of wolves' and said he was forced to run for his life through the woods before they eventually caught up with him.

But victim Tom, who was left with serious wounds to his skull, shoulders and legs in the shocking attack, has since hit back at internet trolls and urged people to 'help find him' in a public post on social media.

He wrote: "Whoever is writing on these TikToks, give it a rest. This young lad's missing and his family's heartbroken.

"Put yourself in their shoes. Stop talking nonsense on social media and get this lad found, mentioning my name all this and that. Have some respect and help find this boy and get him back to his family."

At Preston Crown Court, Jay was handed an eight month community order for violent disorder with 25 days rehabilitation