Three people have been charged in relation to the death of former One Direction star Liam Payne.

The 31-year-old died after falling from the balcony of a hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires last month.

A toxicology report found Payne had traces of drugs in his system including cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his system.

Prosecutors have confirmed three people have now been charged.

They include a friend of Payne’s who was with him on the day he died who has been charged with ‘abandonment of a person followed by death.’

A hotel employee understood to be a housekeeper, has also been charged, suspected of delivering drugs to Payne in a soap box.

The third person charged is a suspected drug dealer who is alleged to have supplied the drugs to Payne twice two days before his death.

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The charges come after investigators poured through more than 800 hours of CCTV footage, followed by Police raids at the hotel and several homes in Beunos Aires.

More to come.