Five people charged in connection with Liam Payne’s death

Five people have been charged in connection with the death of former One Direction star Liam Payne in Argentina.

This has been confirmed by the country’s prosecutor’s office in a statement.

The 31-year-old British singer fell to his death from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires in October.

The prosecutor’s office says Payne’s manager, hotel manager and its head of reception, have been charged with manslaughter, and if convicted they will face up to five years in prison.

A hotel employee and a local waiter have also been charged with supplying Payne with cocaine during his stay, and the judge has ordered them to be jailed ahead of their trial and they could face up to 15 years in prison.

Payne had alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his system before his death, Argentinian prosecutors says last month.

Payne’s death shocked the music world as he rocketed to global stardom as part of One Direction, one of Britain’s biggest ever boybands which was created on the British X Factor in 2010.

[Source CNN]