The grieving pop star and former partner of tragic Liam Payne has confided to cops her fears that their son “could be left orphaned” after being stalked by a convicted killer.
Petrified Cheryl Cole is now urgently upgrading security at the $6m mansion where she lives with their son Bear, seven, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The singer with UK band Girls Aloud was targeted at her home in rural England as she mourned the death of One Direction star Payne.
Cole was the victim of “fixated, obsessive, unwanted and repetitive behavior” by a man who served 30 months for manslaughter in 2012.
A law enforcement source in the UK told us: “Cheryl voiced very real fears that her son could be left an orphan if this worrying behavior went unchecked and escalated.
“She is grieving for the father of her child and finds a convicted killer is stalking her while she is at home with their son, not once but twice within weeks. She has been left deeply traumatized by this serious and sinister development.
“She has now upgraded security measures at her home to ensure there is no repeat of these worrying incidents.”
Daniel Bannister, 49, was first handed a three-year restraining order against the star and served four months in jail in September for an offense in July.
The restraining order meant that he could not contact Cole, enter the county of Buckinghamshire, or attend her address.
In December, Bannister returned to her home just weeks after Payne’s funeral took place in November.
Bannister, who has no fixed address, was accused of entering Buckinghamshire on 10 December and then turning up at “an address where you knew or believed Cheryl Cole was present”, revealed court documents.
He also attempted to contact Cole, 41, which he was prohibited from doing.
Bannister pleaded guilty to the three offences in December and was sent back to prison. He is due to be sentenced on 30 January.
In 2012, Bannister pleaded guilty to manslaughter after attacking 48-year-old Rajendra Patel at a YMCA shelter in Croydon, south London.