‘Terrified' Cheryl's killer stalker flouts ban & turns up at house trying to meet her leaving singer feeling ‘violated'

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Daniel Bannister, previously jailed for 30 months in 2012 for manslaughter, is understood to have been arrested in a swoop on his bail hostel
KILLER STALKING CHERYL 'Terrified' Cheryl's killer stalker flouts ban & turns up at house trying to meet her leaving singer feeling 'violated'
CHERYL Tweedy's killer stalker is back harassing her ­— flouting a restraining order by turning up at a house.
Daniel Bannister visited the building in Buckinghamshire last week.
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Cheryl Tweedy's killer stalker is back harassing her ­— flouting a restraining order by turning up at a house
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Daniel Bannister visited Cheryl's home in Buckinghamshire last week
The order was imposed after a court heard that the 50-year-old left Girls Aloud singer Cheryl, 41, who lives with son Bear, eight, feeling 'violated, terrified and unsafe in her home'.
He has previously been jailed for the manslaughter of a man at a homeless shelter.
In the latest scare, charges said he had attended a building where he believed singer Cheryl to be present in Buckinghamshire on June 19.
He was then understood to have been arrested in a swoop on his bail hostel.
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Last Saturday he appeared before Reading magistrates' court when he was remanded in custody.
He returned to the court yesterday to plead guilty to a single count of breaching the restraining order.
District judge Davinder Sandhu refused bail and sent the case to the town's crown court for sentencing on September 23.
Bannister, who gave his home address as a bail hostel in Brixton, South London, faces up to five years in jail.
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In March, when the creep was caged for 16 weeks, a court heard how his campaign of harassment began when he went to Cheryl's mansion on January 25, 2024.
The former X Factor judge saw a stranger approach her doorbell camera and say: 'It's Dan. I've come to get Cheryl.'
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He called again in July 2024 and asked through the intercom: 'I'm really thirsty. Can I have a glass of wine please?'
The court at the time heard he 'can't stay away' from the singer.
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Prosecutor Datta Ryan said that visit had made Cheryl feel 'violated and terrified and unsafe in her home'.
Bannister was arrested and jailed for four months in September 2024, when he got a three-year restraining order banning him from contacting her.
But after he was released from prison he returned to the property on December 10, 2024 — as revealed exclusively by The Sun this January.
We told how Bannister's visit came weeks after grieving Cheryl had attended the funeral of her ex, One Direction star and Bear's dad Liam Payne, who fell to his death in Buenos Aires last October.
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In a statement to cops — read to the court this March — Cheryl said: 'I immediately panicked when I saw Daniel. I was in a state of alarm and shock. I feared for my safety immediately and I feared for my child's safety. He was due back from the cinema and I didn't want him to see Daniel.'
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Previous incidents have left Girls Aloud star Cheryl — mum to son Bear — 'violated and terrified'
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Bannister's visit came weeks after grieving Cheryl had attended the funeral of her ex, One Direction star and Bear's dad Liam Payne
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Bannister's lawyer said the wannabe musician had gone back to the house after his arrest because he wanted to 'reassure her'.
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Lawyer Colin Mackrell said Bannister 'formed in his mind an affectionate view of Ms Tweedy and he believes that was somehow reciprocated'.
A judge imposed a new indefinite order which prevents him from contacting Cheryl or entering any building where he knows or believes she might be.
Bannister was previously jailed for 30 months in 2012 for manslaughter after he launched a 'sustained' fatal attack on Rajendra Patel, 48.
CCTV showed Bannister punching and kicking Mr Patel at a YMCA in Croydon, South East London.
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Last night, neighbours of the Brixton bail hostel which Bannister gave as his address in court described him as a wild-haired loner.
Police were understood to have arrested him there just a day after he called cops to accuse a neighbour of trying to break into his home.
One man, 35, said: 'When the police arrested him he was just smiling. He was paranoid.
Another neighbour, 25, said: 'We didn't have any interaction with the guy. He looked like he was in his own head.
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'You can tell by looking at someone if they're right or wrong, and he looked wrong.'
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The former X Factor judge saw a stranger approach her doorbell camera and say: 'It's Dan. I've come to get Cheryl'
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