Man jailed for harassing woman in Northwich

A 23-year-old man has been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to harassing a woman in Northwich.

Brandon Banner from Beech View Road in Kingsley appeared at Chester Crown Court on 2nd October to be sentenced after pleading guilty to harassment – breaching a restraining order, and sending false communication with intent to cause harm.

Banner was subject to a restraining order preventing him from contacting his victim, but in the early hours of 27 August 2025, the rear windows of two cars parked on a drive at an address in Northwich were smashed.

A call was also made to North West Ambulance Service in the early hours saying that a 23-year-old man had been assaulted at the same address and that they were unconscious and not breathing.

Paramedics attended but couldn’t find anyone. Banner was spotted nearby holding a bottle of whiskey and talking on the phone. They asked if he was the person who rang the incident in. He denied this and appeared intoxicated.

Officers attended the address and discovered the call to NWAS was false and nothing to do with the occupants.

The number used to ring the ambulance service was linked to Banner. Ambulance control located where in Northwich the mobile phone call was made, which turned out to be the same location as Banner.

Police found Banner sitting on a grass verge with a bottle of whiskey and arrested him for the offences.

PC Isabel O’Brien said:

“Banner knew he had a restraining order against him yet spent the night waging a campaign of harassment against the victim without thinking of the consequences. Hopefully, he now understands the consequences are time spent in prison.”

Pictured - Brandon Banner from Beech View Road in Kingsley.