X FACTOR contestant Kiera Weathers has paid a moving tribute to Caroline Flack.

Kiera, from Clock Face, appeared on the singing contest in 2015, when Caroline was a presenter on the ITV show.

Caroline, 40, was found dead at her London flat on Saturday.

The former Love Island host was due to stand trial next month after pleading not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend Lewis Burton.

She had stepped down from her position as Love Island host but returned to the UK.

A lawyer for the family said that Caroline had taken her own life.

Tributes have poured in for the presenter, who co-hosted the X Factor when Kiera reached the live shows five years ago.

Posting on Twitter, Kiera, wrote: “Every experience I had with Caroline Flack was full of awe...Such a great energy to be around.

"I am so sad that such a talented, beautiful soul is no longer with us.

“We all have our demons, they don’t make our hearts less pure, Caroline was simply that. Rest in paradise Angel💔”

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Kiera Weathers appeared on the X Factor in 2015

Caroline’s management company said she had been "under huge pressure" since she was accused of assaulting her boyfriend Lewis Burton - a charge she denied.

She was due to stand trial next month.

In a post on Instagram accompanying a picture of the couple at a beach bar, Burton promised the star he would "be your voice baby", and that he would "try make you proud everyday".

 

 

Flack's management company has criticised prosecutors for pursuing her "show trial", even after her partner said he did not support it.

In response, the Crown Prosecution Service said: "Given the tragic circumstances, we will not comment on the specifics of this case at this stage."

Bail conditions had stopped Flack having any contact with Burton ahead of her trial.

Burton said in his post that he had not been allowed to be with her. His full post reads: 

"My heart is broken we had something so special. 

"I am so lost for words I am in so much pain I miss you so much I know you felt safe with me you always said I don't think about anything else when I am with you and I was not allowed to be there this time I kept asking and asking.

"I will be your voice baby I promise I will ask all the questions you wanted and I will get all the answers nothing will bring you back but I will try make you proud everyday.

"I love you with all my heart."