The man who threw acid over model turned TV presenter Katie Piper is to be released from jail after 11 years, according to the parole board.
Piper, who will star in upcoming TV show “Strictly Come Dancing” said it was a “really difficult time,” as the parole board confirmed the planned release of Stefan Sylvestre, 30, who left her with permanent scarring from sulphuric acid.
Sylvestre carried out the attack in 2008 at the request of Piper’s obsessively jealous ex-boyfriend, Daniel Lynch, who had a previous conviction for pouring boiling water over a man.
Piper responded to his imminent release on social media.
Piper said in a statement on Twitter, “This is a really difficult time for me. I am trying to come to terms with the decision and this is something I need to deal with. Over the past two weeks ‘Strictly’ has already given me such a welcome and positive distraction from my past.”
Piper, a model at the time, went on to rebuild her career as a presenter, and author after she featured in a Channel 4 documentary, “Katie: My Beautiful Face in 2009.”
A representative for the parole board confirmed a panel of the parole board had directed Sylvestre’s release following an oral hearing.
