Three arrested in connection with death of Liam Payne | Self-harm ruled out by prosecutors

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BREAKING: Three arrested in connection with death of Liam Payne https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3

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ARRESTSThree people have been arrested and charged following the death of Liam Payne last month

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[bsfan]

I still can't believe. I just keep suddenly remembering that he's gone.

At least he felt no pain. Honestly I don't know if it's better or worse to know that it was an accident. It's definitely a different type of grief than if he had chosen to end it. Either way if someone on his "team" had actual been around then he might still be here. I hope his family does get some justice.

[loverdestroyed]

so terrible and preventable. i hope his loved ones find some peace in these findings, at least to know that it was an accident and not intentional.

i looked up argentine law on abandonment leading to death, and I found this translation online, in case anyone else was curious about it:

"Chapter VI

Abandonment of people

ARTICLE 106.- Anyone who endangers the life or health of another, either by placing him in a situation of helplessness, or by abandoning to his fate a person who is incapable of making use of himself and whom he must support or care for or whom the author himself has incapacitated, will be punished with prison from 2 to 6 years.

The penalty will be seclusion or prison for 3 to 10 years, if as a result of the abandonment serious damage to the body or health of the victim results.

If death occurs, the penalty will be 5 to 15 years in confinement or prison."

[burntxtoashes]

Hope his family can find some peace and hope those full body photos that were posted are gone too. I have little faith in Twitter removing them, but I just really hope his loved ones don't have to see them.

[smoore23]

I still can't believe he is gone. I don't think a celebrity death has hit me this hard before. 1D's music brought me a lot of joy (and still does!)

[primimproper]

I couldn't name a 1D song, but his death is so sad to me.

There's something I don't like about the "abandonment" arrest, but that's coming from [Spoiler (click to open)]having to just witnessing my mother taking care of a family friend until his death. The friend was an asshole/annoying and hyper-demanding when healthy. He developed terminal agitation, screamed for my mom every 20 minutes, and threw his cellphone at the night nurse my mom hired to get her first HOUR of sleep in 8 days. Nurse quit on the spot. I actually was worried my mom would snap and put a pillow over his face, because the caretaking was intense and she was sleep-deprived on top of fried from the months of care prior.

Liam's demons were at the level that would overwhelm a lot of people into going "okay fine, do whatever the fuck you want" and them going for a break. However, I don't know shit about shit, and the arrested person could have likely enabled and amplified those demons intentionally, and doesn't deserve consideration for how difficult caretaking is.

[evilyn_1007]

No the abandonment arrest gives me pause too. Yes, the person should have called for help. But maybe they felt like they were in danger or the person was also on something and not thinking clearly.

[primimproper]

There's a lot of potential mitigating factors at play. Short of putting Liam into literal restraints every time you leave a room he's in, I am not sure how preventable it actually was?

Kids can drown in the bathtub in seconds, in the time it takes a parents to run down the hall to get a towel (and in 2 inches of water). I don't see it described as abandonment in those cases, it's an accident.

I can see how, after what happened in the lobby... This person could have just been using the toilet and trying to regroup for 90 seconds. Liam could have seemed safe/subdued/sleeping it off, but then wakes up, opened a door, walked to the edge of the balcony, re-passed out at the wrong angle, and fell over the edge... also in seconds.

ETA: reading more of the comments, I guess the charge is coupled with drug procuring, which makes it make more sense.

[willardwright]

I don't know about Argentina, but where I'm from "abandonment" in this context has a very specific meaning. It's not "they left this person alone and then he died when they weren't present" (which I feel would not be a very sensible charge), it's more like "they saw this person dying and then just left".