Katie Piper's terror as acid attack thug makes bid for freedom

29 September 2023 , 19:48

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Katie Piper (Image: Ash Knotek/REX/Shutterstock for NTA)

The sick stalker who arranged for acid to be thrown in Katie Piper’s face is making a bid for freedom.

Daniel Lynch, 47, was jailed for life in 2009 for organising the act of “pure, calculated and deliberate evil”. But the violent and obsessive rapist is now due to be considered for release for the first time as he approaches the end of his minimum 16-year term. Loose Women star Katie was just 24 in March 2008 when Lynch plotted the acid attack that left her face severely burned.

Katie needed 400 operations after the attack left her with horrific burns.

She gave up her right to anonymity as a rape survivor in 2009. Lynch was sentenced to life at London’s Wood Green Crown Court in March 2009 after being found guilty of rape and GBH, and admitting ABH. Stefan Sylvestre, then 19, who threw the acid, was given a life sentence with a minimum of six years after he admitted GBH. He was released in 2018.

Daniel Lynch (PA)

Stefan Sylvestre (PA WIRE)

Judge Nicholas Browne QC said: “(The victim) had a face of pure beauty. You, Danny Lynch and Stefan Sylvestre, represent the face of pure evil.” Lynch and Katie had begun a relationship in February 2008. Lynch, from Shepherd’s Bush, West London, soon became possessive and controlling and raped Katie in a London hotel room.

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After she ended their relationship, Lynch bombarded her with calls. He was on the phone to her as she walked down a street in Golders Green, North London, on March 31, when Sylvestre threw sulphuric acid in her face. The Parole Board said last night: “Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released.”

Tom Pettifor