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Secret Drives Man to Plot Sulfuric Acid Attack
Ex-Boyfriend Behind Hideous Attack on Model Katie Piper; 'He Said He'd Destroy Me,' She Says
By JUSTIN STURKEN, RICHARD GERDAU and
JESSICA HORNIG
Jan. 7, 2010

Katie Piper, 26, was a model and aspiring television presenter when she was splashed in the face with sulfuric acid by a stranger on the London streets in March 2008. Police moved quickly on the trail of her assailant.

At least three separate security cameras captured the vicious incident and the hunt led to 19-year-old Stefan Sylvestre -- who they found with acid burns on his hands.

Sylvestre eventually told authorities he'd been paid to throw the acid at Piper by Danny Lynch -- a man Piper had started dating just two weeks before the attack.

Lynch was a 33-year-old martial arts enthusiast who likely first saw Piper when she was working at martial arts matches as a ring girl. Piper said they initially met online.