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A convict murderer who “terrified” girls aloud Cheryl when he arrived repeatedly at his home has been imprisoned. Daniel Bannister, 50, admitted to having gone to the 41 -year -old Buckinghamshire house and playing the bell at the door on December 10 last year, while forbidding him for a restriction order.

Bannister, whom the court heard “cannot stay away from the singer, visited his house twice last year before being slapped with the order. He spoke through an intercom system at the door in January 2024, claiming that he had” come to look for Cheryl, “he told the court. In July of the same year, he called the house again and said:” I have the thirst, I just want to Please.

In jail for 16 weeks at the Wycombe Magistrates court on Friday, District Judge Arvind Sharma said Bannister knew that the singer was “very distressed and annoying” for what he was doing.

Bannister, who was described by his lawyer as a “serious musician,” has already turned three months in prison, according to the court, and could be released in a matter of weeks.

On Friday, he was sentenced for two positions of harassment related to the violation of a restriction order, and a position to try to violate a restriction order.

Prosecutor Datta Ryan told court that in January last year, Bannister appeared in Cheryl’s house around 7.30 pm “said ‘is Daniel, I have come to look for Cheryl,” the prosecutor told the court. “He was terrified and contacted his security guard. He felt raped, terrified and insecure in his own home.”

In July of the same year, the singer was at home with her son when she saw Bannister outside. “She called her brother,” Ryan said. “The defendant was standing out of his property and remained there.”

Speaking about the intercom, he said: “I am very thirsty, I just want a glass of wine, please,” the court heard.

After the incidents of January and July, Bannister received a restriction order, as well as a four -month prison sentence in September, but again appeared on the property in December.

“The defendant has ignored the victim and the court,” Ryan said. “You can’t stay away.”

Speaking about the December visit in a statement to the police, the singer said: “He knew he was Daniel because he had previous incidents in which Daniel has come to my property. I immediately panicked when I saw Daniel. I feared for my safety and safety of my son.

“My son had to return from the cinema and did not want him to see Daniel. I was worried that I was looking for a road on the property. I want to protect my son from any damage.”

Colin Mackrell, defending, described Bannister as a “serious musician” who shares self -acting videos. “It is clear that Mr. Bannister has formed an affectionate vision of her,” he said.

Speaking about the third visit home, Mr. Mackrell said: “He wanted to solve things to reassure her.” Bannister asked the judge if he could read a statement to the court, but his lawyer did not advise him.

By imprisoning him, Judge Sharma said: “You knew for the last case that I was very distressed and annoying and that you still decided to do that again.” The judge also handed Bannister a new restriction order, forbidding him to contact the singer.

Kathleen O’Callaghan, from the Crown Prosecutor’s Office, said: “The unwanted attention of criminals such as Daniel Bannister can leave victims that they feel alarmed and fearful.

“Bannister clearly ignored a previous restriction order, and the Crown Prosecutor’s Office argued that these deliberate infractions became more serious due to the fact that they were committed so shortly after the order was made. As a result, Bannister now faces a longer prison sentence with an indefinite remaining order that was imposed.”

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

He described the death of the former One Direction star as “indescribablely painful”, since he expressed fears of protecting his son.