American boyfriend of missing Sarm Heslop is seen in 2011 mugshot after attacking his ex-wife by ‘throwing her to the ground and smashing her head into the floor’ because she asked him for directions

Ryan Bane, 44, served 21 days in jail for attacking his then-wife Corie Stevenson at the house they shared in Orion Township, Michigan, in 2011

His current paramour, former flight attendant from Britain, Sam Heslop, 41, vanished from his charter boat on the island of St. John in the U.S.Virgin Islands, on Mar 8

He previously said Heslop, who he had been dating for eight months, disappeared from his 47ft. catamaran Siren Song

Bane has now stopped cooperating with police investigating his girlfriend’s disappearance, as his ex-wife revealed the extreme physical violence she suffered in her marriage

Police report shows that Bane was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence in 2011 when married to Corie Stevenson, 43

He was accused of throwing Stevenson to the floor and smashing her head against it, chipping her tooth and he served 21 days in jail, after pleading guilty to domestic violence

Court papers reveal Bane attacked his ex-wife because she kept asking him for directions as she drove home from a wedding ‘Ryan grabbed Corie Stevenson in the dining room, threw her to the ground, and smashed her head into the floor, chipping one of her teeth,’ documents reveal

Stevenson says Bane was a ‘Jekyll and Hyde character’ during their marriage, was physically abusive, to the point that she slept with a shotgun during their divorce for feear he would attack her

Ryan Fredrick Bane, the American boyfriend of missing UK woman Sarm Heslop is seen for the first time since she vanished swigging a beer on the deck of his luxury yacht which was moored in the U.S. Virgin Islandsas he refuses to allow.
Bane, 44, who claims girlfriend Heslop, 41, vanished without trace from his catamaran while it was anchored overnight in the U.S. Virgin Island, has now stopped cooperating with police investigating the disappearance of his girlfriend on the island of St. John
He has not been declared a suspect, nor a person of interest. Local media suggest that he is hiding out on the boat, but Bane claims he’s not in hiding but was refusing to speak to the island’s authorities because he does not trust them.
On Tuesday he came ashore on a dinghy to shop for supplies and a six pack of beer before returning to his boat in the late afternoon

Authorities need a warrant to board but are yet to obtain one because Sarm’s March 8 disappearance has not been classified as a criminal inquiry.
He previously said Heslop, who he had been dating for eight months, disappeared from his 47ft. catamaran Siren Song more than two weeks ago.
Bane has now stopped cooperating with police investigating former flight attendant Heslop’s disappearance on the island of St. John in the US Virgin Islands on the advice of his lawyer. His attitude of not helping police in the investigation is due to  ‘his concern is that the VIPD is not real well known for conducting any sort of investigation with clarity, ‘ his friends say..
‘He’s concerned that something could go wrong or be spun the wrong way, or that they’re going to be looking for something to implicate him as opposed to the other way around.’ 
41-year-old Sarm Heslop, a former flight attendant from Southampton, England, met Bane on Tinder eight months ago and travelled to the Caribbean to work as a cook on Siren Song, which he charters out for more than $2,000 a day.
She disappeared from Siren Song, which was moored 120ft from Frank Bay on the extreme western end of St. John on March 8.

Emerging reports on his profile hint at a history of domestic abuse. Bane served 21 days in jail for attacking his then-wife Corie Stevenson at the house they shared in Orion Township, Michigan, in 2011.
The ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ boat captain at the center of the mystery surrounding missing Sarm Heslop attacked his ex-wife because she kept asking him for directions as she drove home from a wedding, according to the police reports.
Ryan Fredrick Bane served 21 days in jail for attacking his then-wife Corie Stevenson at the house they shared in Orion Township, Michigan, in 2011.
In the Michigan complaint, Stevenson claims that Bane got angry with her because he wanted to sleep as she made the hour-long early-morning drive home from Canton.
The report, written by Oakland County Sheriff’s Officer Brandon Groleau, states that Stevenson had complained that her husband had ‘continually got frustrated with her asking directions while he was trying to sleep.’

Heslop, 41, from Southampton, England, met Bane on Tinder eight months ago. She disappeared from Siren Song, which was moored 120ft from Frank Bay on the extreme western end of St. John on March 8.

‘She says that Ryan would eventually become so irritated and angry that he began kicking at the dashboard, radio and gearshift of the vehicle and at her legs.
‘Corie stated that she punched at Ryan’s legs to try to get him to stop.’

When they finally arrived home a little after 5am on November 27, 2011, Stevenson said Bane dragged her out of their truck.
‘Corie states that…Ryan grabbed her in the dining room, threw her to the ground, and smashed her head into the floor, chipping one of her teeth.’
Bane however, had a different version of the altercation, saying they had arrived home shortly after 3 am.
He told Sheriff’s Officer Vincent Lichok that Stevenson had tried to drag him out of the truck and threw things at him in the house. He went to bed, Bane claimed.
‘A short time later, Corie was on top of him, hitting him. He grabbed her and took her out into the hallway, went back into the bedroom and shut the door and locked it,’ Lichok wrote.
But the cops said the evidence suggested Stevenson’s version was correct.
‘The interior of the truck was messy and there were marks on the dashboard consistent with Corie’s claims,’ Groleau wrote. The ground outside of the truck’s passenger side was covered with items from inside the truck, consistent with Corie’s claims of being dragged out of the truck.
‘Corie’s front right tooth had a chip out of it that appeared to be fresh,’ the officer continued. ‘Her right ear lobe was bloody and scratched. Her right shoulder and the right side of her neck showed red scratches. Her right eyelid was scratched and red.’
Groleau said that when the cops brought Ryan downstairs ‘Corie became noticeably frightened and ran from the area into the laundry room.’
Stevenson told the cops that Bane had attacked her about six months earlier so badly that she had to skip work for several days due to the marks on her face. She said she did not report that incident.

Police reports show that Ryan Bane attacked his ex-wife because she kept asking him for directions as she drove home from a wedding

Stevenson, now 43 and living in Melbourne, Florida, with her fiancé Ralph Carpenter, claims she lived in constant fear of Bane during their five-year marriage.
He must have beat her up 100 times while they were together,’ Carpenter said.
She also said in an interview that she was so frightened of him that she slept with a shotgun at her side during their 2013 divorce.
‘Ryan’s personality changed once we got married,’ Stevenson told The Sun. 
‘He suddenly became a different person and that started on our honeymoon in Spain. We went to Madrid, Valencia, all over. But he was a total Jekyll and Hyde character.
She said of the attack for which Bane was arrested: ‘I saw the devil behind his eyes and it scared me. It was a totally different person who was there. It was petrifying.’
In her divorce filing, Stevenson specifically asked the judge to prevent Bane selling their property or canceling their life insurance because she believed that’s what he would do immediately on learning she had filed.
She said the marriage had broken down to such an extent that ‘objects of matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved.’

In her divorce filing, Stevenson specifically asked the judge to prevent Bane selling their property or canceling their life insurance because she believed that’s what he would do immediately on learning she had filed.
She said the marriage had broken down to such an extent that ‘objects of matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved.’
Stevenson said she slept with a shotgun the entire time she was divorcing Bane

Stevenson told the cops that Bane had attacked her about six months earlier so badly that she had to skip work for several days due to the marks on her face. She said she did not report that incident

A copy of the couple’s ex parte restraining order is pictured, issued during their 2013 divorce

Heslop, 41, from Southampton, England, met Bane on Tinder eight months ago. She disappeared from Siren Song, which was moored 120ft from Frank Bay on the extreme western end of St. John on March 8.
Bane said he had been awoken around 2 am by the anchor alarm that rings if the vessel is straying from its mooring.
He said the couple had eaten dinner in a restaurant, leaving at 10pm in line with the local Covid curfew and took their dinghy back to the $500,000 catamaran, which he charters for up to $13,250 for six days, according to the website VISailing.
They went to sleep, Bane says, and when he woke, Heslop had gone.
Bane called the Coast Guard reporting that ‘his girlfriend may have fallen’ from the yacht.

Cops and the Coast Guard have been scouring land and sea, but they have been prevented from stepping foot on Siren Song by Bane who is not cooperating in the inquiry. He has handed over her passport, cellphone and iPad to authorities.
Virgin Islands PD spokesman Toby Derima said officers had performed an ‘initial land search’, adding: ‘Soon after reporting Ms Heslop missing, Mr. Bane acquired the services of an attorney.
‘Upon his attorney’s advice, Mr. Bane exercised his constitutional right to remain silent and denied officers’ requests to search the vessel.
‘We would need to get a warrant to search the boat,’ Derima added. ‘We would need to show the court that we had probable cause to search the boat, as this is not yet a criminal case. We thought we could just ask Mr. Bane to search the boat and he would say yes and he didn’t.
‘That is his right. Getting the search warrant would be the next step.’