A terrified Cheryl Tweedy has claimed her killer stalker ‘scared her young child’, as he is jailed once again for breaching a restraining order.

Convicted killer Daniel Bannister, 50, ‘can’t stay away’ from the Girls Aloud star, 42, and has already spent time in prison for the same offence.

At Reading Crown Court on Tuesday, a judge sentenced him to 12 months in jail after he admitted a single charge of breaching a restraining order.

In a victim impact statement, Cheryl revealed she is ‘on edge every time I open my gate’.

She said she was ‘stunned’ when Bannister visited her home for a fourth time, and that she has been forced to hire personal security.

‘Each time he returns the worry of his intentions intensifies,’ she said.

‘I’m worried, nervous and on edge every time I open my gate. No person should have to feel this way.

‘Daniel has made my young child scared,’ she added.

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A terrified Cheryl Tweedy, pictured in 2023, has claimed her killer stalker ‘scared her young child’

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Convicted killer Daniel Bannister, 50, has been jailed for breaching a restraining order

Bannister was also handed a fresh restraining order not to contact Ms Tweedy.

Judge Alan Blake told him: ‘She does not wish any contact with you and you are causing her anxiety.

‘You have shown defiance to the court order.

‘You need to draw a line under that behaviour.’

The stalker showed up at the singer’s rural home for the fourth time on June 19, arriving in a taxi just before 10pm, and rang the intercom system twice before peering over the gate, the court heard.

Bannister believed the singer had invited him to her home over Microsoft Teams, the court was told.

The court heard Bannister is a musician, and trained to a very high level as a figure skater as a child.

He was jailed for 16 weeks at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court in March for repeatedly turning up at Ms Tweedy’s Buckinghamshire home while under a restraining order.

Bannister was initially jailed for four months in September last year where he was handed a three-year restraining order, but breached it by turning up at her home in December.

During the hearing at which he was jailed for 16 weeks, the court heard Cheryl ‘immediately panicked’ and was ‘terrified’ when she saw him outside her home, fearing for the safety of her eight-year-old son Bear.

Leandra Smith, prosecuting, said: ‘Cheryl Tweedy is a high-profile celebrity living with her son. She does not know Mr Bannister, has never met him, he however knows her as a result of her celebrity status and media presence.

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Bannister was said to have become ‘fixated’ with the Girls Aloud star, 42, and showed up at the mansion she shares with her son Bear

‘She lives in a rural area, her property is secured by a high wall around the perimeter and the entrance is controlled by a gate with an intercom and camera.’

Video footage played in court showed Bannister ringing the intercom and shuffling on the spot as it rang, but he did not get an answer. Ms Smith said he had briefly left the property, before returning to try the intercom again and ‘peered over her gate’.

Cheryl called a family member before calling 999 and Bannister was arrested the following day, when he told police the celebrity had told him ‘personally’, through teams and through security, that he was ‘welcome at her address’, the court heard.

Bannister first came to Cheryl’s attention on January 25 last year, when he showed up at her home and rang the intercom and asked for her, before loitering for 15 minutes, the court heard.

Ms Smith said Bannister’s presence made Cheryl feel ‘very scared’ so she telephoned her security guard, who detained the defendant and took him to the police, where he was arrested and bailed.

On July 17 last year, Bannister rang the intercom at Cheryl’s home again, saying ‘It is Dan, hope to see Cheryl. I have come now, I have told you I would come’, the court was told.

When he was later arrested and interviewed, Bannister told police: ‘I believe Cheryl Tweedy wanted to see me. I did not intend to cause her any distress. If I had known my presence would have cause her any distress I would not have gone there.’

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Bannister was in custody for over three months at Bullingdon Prison in Oxfordshire

Bannister admitted stalking involving serious alarm or distress in relation to that incident and was jailed for four months.

After his release he returned to Cheryl’s home on December 10, which saw him jailed for 16 weeks on March 14 this year and made subject to an indefinite restraining order.

Searches of Bannister’s internet history showed he had been having a one-way conversation on Facebook with a ‘Cheryl’, sending her numerous sexual messages and telling her he ‘loves her’.

In 2012, Bannister killed Rajendra Patel, 48, at a south London YMCA shelter and pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Mr Patel died as a result of an injury to his leg, the court heard.

As well as manslaughter, Bannister has had two other convictions for five further offences, including stalking and multiple breaches of a restraining order.

Allen Wellington, defending, said Bannister had worked as a musician for a number of years, but had previously trained as a figure skater ‘at the highest standard’.

‘That did not come to fruition’, Mr Wellington said. ‘He ended up in a situation where he was not able to make a career in that field.’

A psychiatric report found Bannister had no mental health issues and no substance abuse problems.

Judge Alan Blake, sentencing, said: ‘The fact that you have continued to behave in this way when apparently in sound mind should be a cause of concern.

‘If you do have any concern or care towards Ms Tweedy, I suggest you heed that message which she could not deliver any more clearly in the victim personal statement.

‘She does not wish to have any contact with you and you are causing her anxiety and terrifying her and her family’, Judge Blake said.

‘You need to draw a line under that behaviour, otherwise you will find yours returning to custody for a longer and longer period.’

Cheryl’s former partner Liam Payne died last year in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after falling from his third-floor hotel balcony.

She described the former One Direction star’s death as ‘indescribably painful’ and voiced fears about protecting their son.