Liam Payne update as 3 people charged over his death in Argentina

Three people have been charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne in Argentina, it's been confirmed. The One Direction star died after he fell from a third-floor at the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires on October 16.

Three people have now been charged with "abandonment of a person followed by death, supply and facilitation of narcotics," said a statement by the office of prosecutor Andres Esteban Madrea.

The statement said "Liam Payne was not fully conscious or was experiencing a state of noticeable decrease or loss of consciousness at the time of the fall", reports SkyNews.

The prosecutor's office said it had received several dozen testimonies, analysed more than 800 hours of video from security cameras and public roads, and conducted a "forensic extraction" of the contents of Payne's phone, allowing for his calls, messages and social media networks to be analysed.

Argentine investigators found what appeared to be narcotics and alcohol strewn around broken objects and furniture in Payne's hotel room, leading the public prosecution to surmise he had suffered a substance abuse-induced breakdown around the time of his fall.