Strictly Come Dancing star Katie Piper’s evil ex-boyfriend handed £200,000 of taxpayers’ cash in legal aid after acid attack
Her ex-boyfriend Daniel Lynch, 42, raped Katie before ordering pal Stefan Sylvestre to throw acid in her face
ACID attack TV star Katie Piper’s evil ex-boyfriend has been awarded nearly £200,000 of taxpayers’ cash in legal aid.
Daniel Lynch, 42, raped Katie before ordering pal Stefan Sylvestre to throw acid in her face.
Steroid-using martial arts fanatic Lynch was jailed for life after being found guilty of the 2008 crimes. Documents now show £182,962 of public money paid for his solicitors and barristers at crown court.
He received further legal aid for appeals. On one occasion, lawyers he hired for a court challenge were paid £5,400 from the public purse.
Lynch got a minimum 16 years in 2009 and judges threw out an appeal against his rape conviction the following year.
But there was anguish for Strictly Come Dancing star Katie, 35, last month when Sylvestre, 30, was freed.
He was only given a minimum six years for throwing the acid at the TV presenter in a North London street.
Mum-of-two Katie was left blind in one eye with a severely injured face. When his release was announced, she said she was going through “a really difficult time”.
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Details of Lynch’s legal aid were given after a Sun on Sunday request under freedom of information laws.
The Legal Aid Agency said: “While anyone facing a crown court trial is eligible for legal aid, our reforms mean this is now subject to a strict means test."
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