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Cheryl Tweedy's stalker moved to psychiatric hospital ahead of prison release date

The convicted killer turned stalker of Cheryl Tweedy has been secretly moved to a secure hospital under the Mental Health Act just months before he was due to be released from prison

[Daniel Bannister stalked Cheryl since 2024 and has now been moved to a secure hospital under the Mental Health Act]

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Daniel Bannister stalked Cheryl since 2024 and has now been moved to a secure hospital under the Mental Health Act(Image: PA)

TV personality Cheryl Tweedy's stalker who left her "terrified" for her life, has been moved to a psychiatric hospital after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act. This comes after he spent five months in prison after being sentenced to a year in jail last September for turning up at the home she shares with her nine-year old son Bear, for the fourth time.

At the time, the court heard that Daniel Bannister believed that he had been invited by the former Girls Aloud star into her home.

He had, at the time, already been in breach of an iron-clad restraining order in order to stalk the Girls Aloud star further.

Following a meeting between health service workers in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice before his proposed release date, it was decided to place him in the care of staff at a secure hospital.

[Cheryl Tweedy attends the gala night of Hadestown, at the Lyric Theatre]

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Cheryl Tweedy attends the gala night of Hadestown, at the Lyric Theatre(Image: PA)

[Daniel Bannister stalked Cheryl since 2024 and has now been moved to a secure hospital under the Mental Health Act]

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Daniel Bannister stalked Cheryl since 2024 and has now been moved to a secure hospital under the Mental Health Act(Image: PA)

He was forced to return to prison back in January, following his brief release, after he was caught having alcohol in his possession while at his bail hostel. This went against his bail conditions.

According to The Sun, he was meant to be released again in June this year to serve the rest of his sentence on licence but now he is under the care of psychologists and specialist nurses.

He started to stalk Cheryl back in January 2024 which then continued for a further ten months as his harassment did not stop even during the death of Liam Payne in the October of that year.

The One Direction star fell to his death from his third floor balcony of the hotel he was staying at in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

And just weeks after Liam's funeral, Cheryl was left "terrified" once again after he resumed his harassment.

Daniel Bannister was deemed dangerous after he was convicted of manslaughter in 2012 following the death of Rajendra Patel. And was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

Cheryl has been left to endure a lot over the years. Aside from the grief she has suffered after losing the father of her son under such tragic circumstances, she now faces further agony.

According to the US online publication Radar Online, she is said to be distraught after disturbing CCTV footage has reportedly emerged showing Liam during the final hours before his death.

A source told the publication: "For Cheryl, having new details and images from Liam's final hours emerging is absolute agony. Whatever happened between them as a couple, Liam was Bear's father having those last moments picked apart in public is incredibly painful."

And back in 2021, Cheryl was left inconsolable after her friend and former Girls Aloud bandmate Sarah Harding tragically lost her battle with cancer. The pair had been close over the years.

Recently, it came to light that she was not in the middle of a bidding war to tell-all about he life in a documentary. Reports started to circulate claiming that the mum of one was ready for a huge comeback and wanted to follow in the footsteps of Victoria and David Beckham and V chef Gordon Ramsay, who have all had high performing docuseries on platforms including Netflix.

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