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Katie Piper’s acid attacker gets parole hearing 16 years after being jailed for life for inflicting ‘torturous pain’ on star

The man responsible for the acid attack on Katie Piper could be set for release after he was given a parole hearing date

Katie, a popular Loose Women panelist, was scarred for life after ex-boyfriend Daniel Lynch ordered a man – named Stefan Sylvestre – to throw acid over the star in March 2008. The man responsible for planning the acid attack on Katie Piper has had a parole hearing date set (Credit: Cover Images) Parole hearings are granted when there is a “realistic prospect” of release, or to consider a move to an open prison, in the case of fairness or because they need more information from the person convicted. Lynch was on the phone to Katie as she walked down a street in Golders Green, North London, on March 31, when Sylvestre threw sulphuric acid in her face.

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