Chery Tweedy has allegedly had to secretly endure being stalked by a convicted killer while grieving for her ex Liam Payne.
Daniel Bannister, 49, was said to have become ‘fixated’ with the Girls Aloud star, 41, and even turned up at her and her seven-year-old son Bear’s home.
He was jailed for four months in September, reported The Sun, given a three year restraining order and banned from entering Buckinghamshire.
But on December 10, just weeks after her ex Liam’s funeral, he reportedly turned up at her home again.
The newspaper says court documents show he has now admitted to three offences committed in that month and has been put behind bars on remand while he awaits sentencing.
He is due to be sentenced on January 30.
MailOnline has contacted Cheryl’s representatives for comment.
Bannister was in 2012 jailed for two-and-a-half years for the manslaughter of his neighbour Rajendra Patel at a YMCA hostel in Croydon.
He savagely punched and kicked Patel as he was walking towards a lift, breaking his ankle and nose, and causing swelling to the left side of his face.
Cheryl Tweedy, 41, attends her ex Liam Payne’s funeral in Buckinghamshire on November 20, 2024
Cheryl has had to secretly endure being stalked while she is grieving for Liam. She published a heartbreaking tribute following his death in October
Patel died 15 days later of a pulmonary thromboembolism linked to the attack, reported Your Local Guardian.
Jailing him, Judge Nicholas Price said: ‘This is a tragic case. When you attacked Mr Patel you did not intend to cause serious bodily harm let alone cause death.
‘But the attack undoubtedly goes beyond one punch, it is a sustained attack or more or less 30 to 40 seconds.
‘It is clear you are not a danger to the public, but it is inevitable that you must serve an immediate custodial sentence.’
Cheryl reportedly increased her security in March 2023 after a stalker ordeal during her West End run in 2:22 A Ghost Story.
The nightly performances were reportedly blighted after ‘disgusting’ notes were left for her at the theatre.
Grieving Cheryl paid a heartbreaking tribute to One Direction star Liam after he fell 45ft to his death from a hotel balcony in Argentina in October.
Her statement read: ‘As I try to navigate this earth shattering event, and work through my own grief at this indescribably painful time.
‘I’d like to kindly remind everyone that we have lost a human being.
‘Liam was not only a pop star and celebrity, he was a son, a brother, an uncle, a dear friend and a father to our seven year old son.
The former X-Factor judge shared a black and white snap of the 1D favourite and little Bear and a statement following his death
The singer dated Liam for two years, with the pair welcoming their son, Bear Grey in March 2017. He passed away in Argentina aged 31 (pictured together in February 2018)
Cheryl left her fans in tears as she made her first TV appearance since her ex-boyfriend Liam Payne tragically passed away last month
‘A son that now has to face the reality of never seeing his father again.’
She was praised by fans in November who were left in tears she made her first TV appearance since Liam’s tragic death.
Cheryl joined her Girls Aloud bandmates Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh to promote their latest charity single tribute for Sarah Harding for Children In Need.
Fans hailed Cheryl for being ‘incredibly strong’ as they noted how she has ‘lost so many loved ones in such a short time’.
