Inside Cheryl's stalker hell and how convicted killer got caught after Liam's funeral
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Still grieving over the death of ex Liam Payne, Cheryl has been rocked by a fresh nightmare after being stalked by a convicted killer. The Girls Aloud singer, 41, has endured immense heartbreak in recent months, with the tragic death of the father of her child, One Direction singer Liam. Adding to her agony, she has secretly been terrorised by a stalker.
Daniel Bannister, who was convicted of killing a man, became "fixated" on the star. Bannister, 49, of no fixed address, was jailed for 30 months in 2012 for the manslaughter of his neighbour, Rajendra Patel, at a homeless hostel in Croydon. He was jailed again in September for four months after being found to be "displaying fixated, obsessive, unwanted and repetitive behaviour" towards Cheryl, and causing her "serious alarm".
Bannister was given a three-year restraining order and banned from contacting Cheryl, entering Buckinghamshire, or attending her address. But on December 10, just weeks after Liam's funeral, he returned to the home she shares with her seven-year-old son, Bear. He was charged with breaching his restraining order after reportedly turning up at an address where he "knew or believed Cheryl Tweedy was present".
Bannister also attempted to contact the Fight For This Love singer, either directly or indirectly, which he had previously been banned from doing. He pleaded guilty to the three separate offences in December and has now been sent to prison before being sentenced on January 30, The Sun reports.
In 2012, Bannister pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Kingston Crown Court after assaulting Rajendra Patel, at a south London YMCA homeless shelter. After an attack in February of the same year, Mr Patel returned to hospital on March 9. He tragically died just one day later. His cause of death was ruled as a fracture to his left ankle, pulmonary thromboembolism and deep vein thrombosis of the left thermeral vein.
