THE body of Boyzone star Stephen Gately can make a final, sad journey home after his death on the island of Majorca, a judge said yesterday following a postmortem examination on the Irish pop star.

Stephen Gately’s devastated partner visited the Boyzone singer’s body tonight to pay his respects before it is flown home from Majorca.

Boyzone star Stephen Gately died of natural causes, a court official on the island of Majorca said today.

The family of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately could be given permission today to take his body home, a Spanish court official said.

A lawyer for the family of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately said today that they believed his sudden death in Majorca was due to natural causes.

A man who was at Stephen Gately’s Majorca apartment the night he died today described seeing the Boyzone star’s lifeless body.