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A convicted killer who stalked Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Tweedy is back in prison for the third time within a year after breaching his licence conditions.
Daniel Bannister, 51, turned up at the performer’s home in the Chalfonts area of Buckinghamshire three times between January 2024 and December 2024.
He was jailed for 16 weeks and handed a restraining order at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court in March 2025, but in September he was sent back to prison for 12 months for returning to Tweedy’s home after his release.
Bannister has now been returned to custody after breaching his licence conditions, the HM Prison and Probation Service confirmed to the BBC.
A spokesperson said: “As this case shows, we do not hesitate to send offenders back to prison, where necessary, if they break the rules.”
They added they could not comment on what Bannister’s licence conditions were.
The stalker is now expected to remain in custody until he completes the 12-month sentence he was already serving.
After Bannister went to Tweedy’s home for a fourth time last year, the Fight For This Love singer revealed she felt forced to hire personal security.
She said her child was scared and she was nervous every time she opened the gates to her house.
“Each time he returns, the worry of his intentions intensifies,” she said in a victim impact statement read out in court.
In an unrelated case, Bannister had previously been jailed for killing Rajendra Patel, 48, at a south London YMCA homeless shelter in 2012.
He admitted manslaughter and was jailed for two-and-a-half years at Kingston Crown Court.
He was first given a restraining order after turning up at Tweedy’s home in January 2024 saying, “it’s Daniel, I’ve come to get Cheryl”, and then returning that July and asking for a glass of wine.
In December 2024, three weeks after the funeral of her former partner, the One Direction star Liam Payne, Bannister showed up at her home again. He was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison in March 2025.
In June 2025, at Reading Magistrates’ Court, he admitted breaching his restraining order and was handed a 12-month sentence the following September.
A recall warrant was issued for Bannister on 13 January 2026.
