Jay Slater suffered broken bones when he 'plunged to his death', preliminary autopsy reveals – as his 'heartbroken' mother says she 'cannot believe this could happen to my beautiful boy'

Jay Slater suffered broken bones when he plunged to his death from a height, a preliminary autopsy has revealed. 

While results from the full post-mortem examination are yet to be made public, Spanish police today confirmed that the body found was the missing teenager.

The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, vanished following a night out on the Spanish island on June 17, prompting a huge search operation involving police, volunteers and family members which spanned almost a…