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THE man who ordered the acid attack on TV presenter Katie Piper could soon be free.

Ex-boyfriend Daniel Lynch arranged for Stefan Sylvestre to throw corrosives at the model — leaving her scarred and blind in one eye.

Daniel Lynch, who ordered an acid attack on TV presenter Katie Piper, could soon be free
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Daniel Lynch, who ordered an acid attack on TV presenter Katie Piper, could soon be freeCredit: PA:Press Association
Katie Piper was left with permanent scarring as a result of the attack
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Katie Piper was left with permanent scarring as a result of the attackCredit: Getty

The martial arts expert got life with a minimum of 16 years’ jail in 2009.

The Parole Board said yesterday there will be a private hearing for Lynch on July 23 and 24.

Such a hearing takes place when there is a “realistic prospect” of release or to consider a move to an open prison.

At trial, the judge described the acid attack as “pure, calculated and deliberate evil”.

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Sylvestre got life with a minimum six years.

He was freed in 2018 but recalled to jail in 2022.

Katie, 40, is a panellist on Loose Women and presents Katie Piper’s Breakfast Show on ITV.

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