Stefan Sylvestre: Last News

The man behind the acid attack on TV presenter Katie Piper is up for parole. Daniel Lynch, a former boyfriend of Katie, 40, was convicted five years ago of arranging for Stefan Sylvestre to throw the corrosive liquid at the former model in March 2008.The attack left her blind in one eye and needing multiple surgeries. Lynch was jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 years in May 2009 at London’s Wood Green Crown Court for the rape of Piper and for telling Sylvestre to throw acid on her.

Katie Piper is back on screens every weekend to present her ITV show Katie Piper's Breakfast Show. The third series of the morning talk show will air every Saturday and Sunday and see the 40-year-old sit down with a variety of celebrity guests for fascinating conversations.

Loose Women star Katie Piper has been forced to ask 'Please don't troll me' as she revealed she had surgery in a bid to save one of her eyes. The presenter told how she underwent a procedure to reduce the risk of 'losing her left eye' in a candid social media post.

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.

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.

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

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 knows more than most about kindness, devoting herself to helping others after her own trauma.