Fresh tributes to Liam Payne as three people charged in connection to his death
The 31-year-old singer from Wolverhampton died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires in Argentina
Last updated 8th Nov 2024
Fresh tributes have been left to Liam Payne, in his hometown of Wolverhampton, after three people were charged in connection to his death.
The 31-year-old former One Direction singer died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires in Argentina last month.
The public prosecutor's office in Argentina said three people had been charged, with one person who had been accompanying Payne accused of "abandonment of a person followed by death".
An employee at the hotel where Payne was staying and a third person have also been charged with supplying drugs.
After he died on October 16, fans from across the globe held vigils and music stars paid tribute.
Flowers, cards and candles were left by fans close to Wolverhampton's St Peter’s Collegiate Church.
They've now been moved to the bandstand in West Park, with further tributes added, following the news that Payne's body arrived back in the UK ahead of his funeral.
In a group statement, his former bandmates: Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson, said they were "completely devastated", and will miss the singer "terribly".
Payne's girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, said in a post to social media that her heart was "shattered in ways I can't put into words".
The singer had found fame alongside the four boys when Simon Cowell put them together to form One Direction on ITV talent show The X Factor in 2010.
Payne first auditioned in 2008 when he was 14, singing Frank Sinatra's Fly Me To The Moon, with judge Cowell telling him to return to the talent show two years later.
The music mogul said he was "truly devastated" in an Instagram post reacting to news of Payne's death, adding: "Every tear I have shed is a memory of you."
Payne previously said he struggled with alcoholism at the peak of his success with One Direction, describing hitting "rock bottom" to The Diary Of A CEO podcast host, Steven Bartlett.