A convicted killer and stalker of Ladies Aloud star Cheryl has admitted one other breach of a restraining order after turning up on the singer’s house.
Daniel Bannister pleaded responsible to a single cost of breaching a restraining order at Studying Magistrates’ Courtroom on Thursday, a court docket spokeswoman mentioned.
The cost in opposition to the 50-year-old said that he attended an tackle the place he ‘fairly believed or fairly suspected’ Cheryl to be residing.
He was remanded into custody to look at Studying Crown Courtroom on September 23.
A court docket beforehand heard Bannister ‘can’t keep away’ from the singer and was jailed for 16 weeks at Wycombe Magistrates’ Courtroom in March for repeatedly turning up at her Buckinghamshire house whereas beneath a restraining order.
He was initially jailed for 4 months in September final 12 months, the place he was handed a three-year restraining order, however breached it by turning up at her house in December.
In the course of the listening to through which Bannister was jailed for 16 weeks, the court docket heard Cheryl ‘instantly panicked’ and was ‘terrified’ when she noticed him exterior her house – fearing for the protection of her eight-year-old son Bear, who she shared with late associate Liam Payne.
He spoke by way of an intercom system on the gate in January 2024, claiming he had ‘come to get Cheryl’, the court docket was informed.
In July of the identical 12 months, he once more referred to as on the home and mentioned: ‘I’m actually thirsty, I simply desire a glass of wine please’.
Talking concerning the December go to in a press release to police, the singer mentioned: ‘I knew this was Daniel as a result of I’ve had earlier incidents the place Daniel has come to my property.
‘I instantly panicked once I noticed Daniel. I feared for my security and my baby’s security. My son was due again from the cinema and I didn’t need him to see Daniel. I used to be involved he was searching for a manner into the property. I wish to shield my baby from any hurt.’
In 2012, Bannister killed 48-year-old Rajendra Patel in an assault at a south London YMCA shelter and pleaded responsible to manslaughter.
The incident befell at a hostel in Croydon. Bannister reportedly beat up Patel, who was his neighbour, as he was strolling in the direction of a carry.
Your Native Guardian reported that Patel died 15 days later of pulmonary thromboembolism linked to the assault.
Choose Nicholas Value mentioned on the time: ‘This can be a tragic case. While you attacked Mr Patel you didn’t intend to trigger critical bodily hurt not to mention trigger dying.
‘However the assault undoubtedly goes past one punch, it’s a sustained assault or kind of 30 to 40 seconds.
‘It’s clear you aren’t a hazard to the general public, however it’s inevitable that it’s essential to serve a right away custodial sentence.’
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