Convicted killer Daniel Bannister has been jailed for 12 months after turning up at singer Cheryl Tweedy's home for a fourth time, breaching a restraining order. The 50-year-old appeared at Reading Crown Court on Tuesday and admitted a single charge of breaching the order.
Bannister arrived at Tweedy's rural home by taxi on 19 June just before 10pm, rang the intercom twice and peered over the gate. He claimed the singer had invited him via Microsoft Teams, the court heard.
In a victim impact statement, Tweedy said she was 'stunned' by the visit and has been forced to hire personal security. 'Each time he returns the worry of his intentions intensifies. I'm worried, nervous and on edge every time I open my gate. No person should have to feel this way,' she said.
Judge Alan Blake told Bannister: '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.'
Bannister was initially jailed for four months in September last year and given a three-year restraining order, but breached it in December. In March, he was jailed for 16 weeks for repeatedly turning up at Tweedy's home, during which the court heard she 'immediately panicked' and was 'terrified' for her eight-year-old son's safety. Bannister pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2012 for killing 48-year-old Rajendra Patel at a south London YMCA shelter.
