Katie's agony

Thug ex-partner who set up acid attack on Loose Women star launches bid for parole

- BY TOM PETTIFOR Crime Editor and ISAAC CROWSON

FILM Katie in 2009

THE stalker who arranged for acid to be thrown in Katie Piper's face is making his first bid for parole.

Daniel Lynch, 49, was jailed for life in 2009 for organising the act of “pure, calculated and deliberate evil”.

But the violent and obsessive rapist is now due to be considered for release for the first time after completing his minimum 16-year term.

After a fourth delay lasting two years, a rare three-day hearing has been set for March next year.

Katie's victim impact statement is expected to be read at the hearing but it is not known if she will attend. The Loose Women star was 24 when Lynch plotted the acid attack that left her face severely burned in March 2008.