Overview

• Reading Crown Court sentenced Bannister, 50, to a year in prison after he admitted violating the order relating to Cheryl Tweedy.
• He turned up at her Buckinghamshire home on June 19 for the fourth time, arriving by taxi, ringing the intercom twice and peering over the gate.
• Judge Alan Blake told him she does not want contact and issued a new indefinite order barring any approach or entry to places he believes she might be.
• In a victim impact statement, Tweedy said she feels nervous and on edge, has hired personal security, and reported that her child is frightened.
• Bannister previously received a four‑month sentence in September 2024 and a 16‑week term in March 2025 for similar conduct, and he has a 2012 manslaughter conviction; his defense claimed he believed he was invited via Microsoft Teams.