Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Liam Payne's bodyguard reviews CCTV footage at Argentina hotel after 'cocaine found in system'
dailyrecord.co.ukWhile Geoff Payne, Liam's distraught father, spent over four hours at the prosecutor's office, his bodyguard, Paul Higgins, accompanied the police to the Hotel CasaSur Palermo to review security footage.
Higgins was also seen interviewing several hotel employees in an attempt to identify the person who allegedly supplied Liam Payne with narcotics, as widely reported in the media.On Wednesday, October 16, Liam's fans were left devastated when he fell from the third floor of his hotel suite in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the age of 31.
According to Argentine media reports, forensic experts discovered traces of cocaine in the star's body.The news portal Infobae reported that materials extracted from the singer's body during an autopsy following his death had "determined the presence of the class-A drug".
Police have been reviewing newly collected hotel CCTV footage to determine whether the singer received a drug delivery while staying at the hotel.
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