Five people charged over death of Liam Payne - including friend Roger Nores
Five people have been charged following the death of Liam Payne including friend Roger Nores, as well as hotel staff, according to Argentinian news site Infobae.
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The tragic death of Liam in October shocked locals in the Black Country, and millions of adoring fans across the world, leaving many to wonder what had happened to the music icon.
The former One Direction singer died at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony, his body was found in the hotel’s internal courtyard.
A post-mortem examination said the Wolverhampton-born singer died from multiple injuries as well as internal and external bleeding caused by the fall.
According to Infobae, Argentina's justice department has 'prosecuted' five defendants in connection to Liam's death, and two have been ordered to appear in court within 24 hours.
Amongst the five claimed to have been charged with the star's death is business friend Rogelio 'Roger' Nores, who had accompanied Liam while he was in Beunos Aires, now charged with negligent homicide.
The other four include Braian Paiz, 24, charged with supplying narcotics for payment, and Ezequiel Pereyra, a hotel employee, charged with supplying drugs.
CasaSur Palermo hotel's Gilda Martin and Esteban Grassi have been charged with manslaughter.
The singer was pronounced dead in Buenos Aires in October.
Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergency medical system, said on Argentina’s Todo Noticias TV channel that Liam fell into a courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in the Palermo neighbourhood of Argentina’s capital.
Liam, from Bushbury in Wolverhampton, shot to stardom as a member of the boy band in 2010, after wowing the judges on The X Factor at the age of 16.
But his love for performing started long before that as a schoolboy at St Peter’s Collegiate School in Compton and pupil at Pink Productions performing arts group in the city, before studying music at Wolverhampton College.
Though his talents have taken him around the world, both in One Direction with bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik, and later as a solo artist, Liam never forgot his roots.
He supported and became an ambassador for The Way Youth Zone, a social club for youngsters based in Wolverhampton, as well as backing the Central Youth Theatre.
The news of his death rocked residents in Wolverhampton and the Black Country, with hundreds of tributes having poured in on social media since the the tragic incident was first reported.
