Liam Payne’s inquest delayed until next year as coroner seeks to procure ‘eyewitness statements’

Liam Payne died after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina - (Getty)

A coroner will seek to obtain full reports and eyewitness statements before a final inquest takes place into the death of former One Direction star Liam Payne, a pre-inquest review heard.

Senior coroner Crispin Butler told a three-minute hearing at Buckinghamshire Coroner’s Court on Thursday that there are “continuing investigations in Argentina into the circumstances surrounding Liam’s death”.