Overview
- The Parole Board has listed a three-day hearing this week for Daniel Lynch, marking his first review after serving the 16-year minimum of his life sentence.
- The Parole Board says its decisions are based solely on risk assessment and the protection of the public.
- Lynch was convicted at Wood Green Crown Court in March 2009 of rape and grievous bodily harm for arranging the acid attack in Golders Green the previous year.
- Katie Piper suffered life-changing injuries and hundreds of operations, and victim impact material is expected to be available to the panel, though her attendance is not confirmed.
- Stefan Sylvestre, who threw the acid, received life with a six-year minimum, was released on licence in 2018, and is reported to have absconded and now live abroad, as the sentencing judge condemned the crime as “pure, calculated and deliberate evil.”