Brian Farmer
BBC News, Buckinghamshire
Reporting fromHigh Wycombe Magistrates’ Court
Lewis Adams
BBC News, Buckinghamshire
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Cheryl Tweedy said she “immediately panicked” upon seeing Daniel Bannister at her home
A man who stalked Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Tweedy has been jailed for 16 weeks after leaving the pop star “terrified” when he turned up at her home again.
Daniel Bannister had already been jailed for targeting the singer twice at her home, in the Chalfonts area of Buckinghamshire, when he returned on 10 December.
The 50-year-old, who was convicted of manslaughter in 2012, had been given a restraining order for turning up in January last year and saying “it’s Daniel, I’ve come to get Cheryl” and then returning in July asking for a glass of wine.
After showing up in December, he admitted harassment and the breach and attempted breach of his restraining order, and has now been sentenced again.
Tweedy said she “immediately panicked” and “feared for my safety” after seeing him on a security camera at her property in December, High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court heard.
He had been given a four-month jail term in September for the initial offences.
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Daniel Bannister left Tweedy feeling “unsafe in her own home”, the prosecution said
Jailing him again, District Judge Arvind Sharma also replaced Bannister’s existing three-year restraining order with a new one that would run indefinitely.
The judge said Bannister, of no fixed address, knew the singer was “very distressed and upset” by what he was doing.
He added that no mental health issue had been diagnosed.
‘Feared for my safety’