Katie Piper's acid attacker on the run after prison recall as police launch manhunt

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Katie Piper's acid attacker "fled the UK two months" ago, as police continue their hunt to find him. Stefan Sylvestre threw sulphuric acid in Loose Women star Katie's face in 2008 on order of her bitter ex boyfriend Daniel Lynch, leaving her with severe burns and blind in one eye.The star, now 38, spent months in intensive care and had to undergo multiple skin grafts for the facial disfigurements and she still bears scars on her face and body from the horrific attack.

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Katie Piper with acid in 2008 fled the UK in August, police have said, as they warn people to stay away from him after he was recalled to prison.Stefan Sylvestre, who was an accomplice of Piper’s ex-boyfriend, attacked the TV presenter in 2008, throwing sulphuric acid in her face and leaving her with severe burns and blind in one eye. Piper, 38, almost lost her life and spent agonising months in intensive care, undergoing multiple surgeries for facial disfigurement, some of which are ongoing to this day. Sylvestre received a life sentence in 2009 for the attack and was told he must serve a minimum of six years before he would be eligible for parole. He was released in 2018 at the age of 30. However, he has now been recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions and the police are working to locate him. Sharing an updated statement on Monday, the Met Police said: ‘Police were notified on Friday, 23 September, that Stefan Sylvestre, 34 (02.06.88), had been recalled to prison.

Loose Women star Katie Piper's acid attacker Stefan Sylvestre is wanted by police after trying to flee the country.The Police were notified on Friday, 23 September, that Stefan, 34, had been recalled to prison.His last known address was in north London.READ MORE: Katie Piper rushed to hospital for emergency surgery after husband spots hole in her eyeOfficers from the Met's Specialist Crime Command have revealed continue to work with partner agencies to locate and arrest him.Police have also warned the members of the public to not approach him.The police have also asked anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to please call the police on 999 quoting CAD6239/23Sep.Stefan, from west London, was given a life sentence in 2009 for the attack on the TV presenter.He was told he must serve a minimum of six years in prison before he would be eligible for parole.He was given parole in 2020 which was 11 years after committing the horrifying assault.However, he could now face more jail time after.This is due to him going missing while on licence.Katie was left with extensive and life-changing injuries after sulphuric acid was thrown in her face aged 24-years-old.A Probation Service spokesman has since told The Mirror that they are working closely with police to imprison the convict once again.They told the publication: “We are urgently working with the police to bring the offender back to prison where he’ll face longer behind bars.”In 2008, Stefan attacked Katie in Golders Green, North London, after following the orders of her obsessive ex-boyfriend Daniel Lynch.Stefan was 19-years-old at the time of the assault and was sentenced to life one year later.

Police have launched a worldwide search for Katie Piper's acid attacker after he fled the country.

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In 2019 he was recalled to prison over an unrelated incident and Sylvestre got parole again in 2020 and was released after prosecution errors came to light.However, he has been missing after being recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions.Sylvestre now faces additional time in prison for going on the run from authorities.A Probation Service spokesman said on Sunday: “We are urgently working with the police to bring the offender back to prison where he’ll face longer behind bars.”Following the attack in 2008, Katie was left suffering injuries to her face, chest, arms and hands.The Loose Women panellist is also blind in one eye as a result of the horrific acid attack.She previously revealed she had undergone more than 400 surgeries to reconstruct the damaged parts of her body.Back in August, Katie told fans she was taken into emergency surgery after struggling with an "extremely painful" hole in her eye, which her husband Richard first noticed.As her condition got worse, Katie says she was in “extreme pain” and had to be rushed to hospital.Katie wrote on Twitter: “Emergency Operation for me! On Saturday my husband noticed a small black circle in my blind eye. I was excited thinking I had a pupil again, but by Sunday my left eye was extremely painful and couldn’t tolerate light.“I patched it up and put it down to old injuries.

The man responsible for throwing acid in Katie Piper's face has breached his licence conditions and failed to return to jail - with cops launching a frantic search to find him.

KATIE Piper’s acid attacker has gone on the run after breaching his licence conditions. Stefan Sylvestre was paroled in 2020, 11 years after the horrifying assault, but could now face more jail time after he went missing while on licence.

Loose Women panellist with life-changing facial injuries – was in the process of being recalled to prison for breaching his conditions when he went on the run from police.READ MORE: Katie Piper rushed to hospital for emergency surgery after husband spots hole in her eyeA Probation Service spokesman has since told The Mirror that they are working closely with police to imprison the convict once again.They told the publication: “We are urgently working with the police to bring the offender back to prison where he’ll face longer behind bars.”Back in 2008, Sylvestre attacked the blonde bombshell, 38, in Golders Green, North London with acid following the orders of her obsessive former boyfriend Daniel Lynch.He was just 19-years-old at the time of the attack and one year later, he was sentenced to life and told he would serve a minimum of six years.The convict became eligible for parole back in 2015 but his application was later blocked after he was deemed unfit for release.But that didn’t stop him from pushing for his release and he submitted a further application in 2018 which was granted and freed under the condition that he stayed away from the mum-of-two.In 2019, he was recalled to prison over an unrelated incident only to be granted parole just 12 months later and released.By then, Sylvestre had married mum-of-one Danielle Burke while he lived in jail.Katie – who was awarded an OBE for charity and burns services – was attacked on the orders of her former obsessive boyfriend Daniel Lynch.Her ex was jailed for life with a minimum of 16 years and cannot be considered for release until 2025.The attack left Katie needing 400 operations to treat her serious facial burns.