LIAM Payne’s close friend Roger Nores faces a huge blow as prosecutors are considering appealing the decision that saw him walk free.
Nores and two hotel workers breathed a sigh of relief after the manslaughter charges against them were dropped last week.
But now Argentinian prosecutors have confirmed they are considering appealing the decision.
They said they were “evaluating appeals” after it emerged last week the businessman and two hotel workers were in the clear.
A spokesman for Argentinian public prosecutors said: “The Public Prosecutor’s Office and the plaintiffs will now evaluate the appeals that correspond to the part of the ruling that was not in accordance with the corresponding charges.”
Liam’s good pal and two staff members at the hotel in Buenos Aires were charged over the One Direction star’s death from a hotel balcony on October 16 last year.
But Nores alongside Esteban Grassi, the chief receptionist at CasaSur Palermo Hotel and head of security Gilda Martin were cleared by appeal court judges.
Meanwhile, the pair accused of selling Liam cocaine before his fall from the CasaSur Palermo Hotel will remain in prison after being told they still face prosecution and probable trial.
Waiter Braian Nahuel Paiz, 24, and 21-year-old suspended hotel worker Ezequiel David Pereyra, lost their attempts to overturn the decision to charge them with supplying Liam drugs and remand them in prison.
Prosecutors also revealed more evidence against Paiz, who has admitted to taking drugs with Liam but denied he sold him any narcotics
They said: “A police report on the accused’s residence, a block of flats at 400 Aguero Street in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Balvanera, concludes that ‘all the inhabitants/families there earn their livings mainly from selling drugs.”
Rogelio “Roger” Nores revealed last week he is planning to fly to the UK to pay his respects to his friend.
Speaking after the ruling Nores told: Rolling Stone: “Glad this is finally over.
“I’m happy I’m now going to be able to travel to the UK and say goodbye to my friend.”
The judges ruled that Nores did not play a role in Payne “obtaining and consuming alcohol,” nor could have done anything to prevent his death.
They also referred to an email Nores had sent to Liam’s family dated August 23, expressing his concern about his friend.
The ruling reads: “Despite accusing Nores of failing to communicate and raise alarms with the victim’s family, they remained silent about the email through which the accused had expressed his concerns and warned that he would not be able to look after Payne’s health.”
Nores is also still vowing to continue his £8.1 million defamation lawsuit against Liam’s grieving dad Geoff.
He first filed the claim in the US in January suing Geoff for defamation – claiming he made “false” statements to investigators following Liam’s death.
Geoff is said to have told authorities that Roger was part of a “care group” for Liam – who “could not be left alone in the vulnerable position in which he was”.
Roger told The Sun he will “100 per cent” not drop the case until he gets an apology – adding: “I’m sure I’ll get one.”
Tragic star Liam plunged to his death from the third-floor balcony of his hotel in Buenos Aires on October 16.
His chaotic finals hours before he fell have now been revealed in new court documents.
A forensic examination of Liam’s final hours found he hired two women online, Aldana Serrano, 31, and Lucila Goitea, 27, and invited them to his room.
The women arrived at 11.30am on October 16 to find Liam taking drugs from aluminium foil, docs claimed.
The three of them later had sex, it is understood, before Liam broke the hotel room TV and told the women to leave at around 4pm.
The hotel in Buenos Aires where Liam fell to his death[/caption]
Tragic Liam plunged to his death in Argentina in October[/caption]
