Former partner of One Direction star spoke out as Payne’s father travelled to Buenos Aires to repatriate his body

Liam Payne’s former partner Cheryl Tweedy has described media coverage of his death “abhorrent”.

It came as the singer’s father, Geoff Payne, travelled to Buenos Aires in Argentina to organise the repatriation of his 31-year-old son’s body. He was seen exiting the CasaSur Palermo hotel, where the singer died after falling from a third-floor balcony on Wednesday.