In March 2008, Katie Piper's life was changed forever by a horrific acid attack that was arranged by her ex-boyfriend Daniel Lynch and completed by attacker Stefan Sylvestre.
Both were sentenced to life in 2009 but now Piper is losing sleep over the fact that the person responsible for her undergoing 40 surgeries and countless hours of physical and mental pain could be released from prison.
Sylvestre has served the minimum term set down by the judge and is due to go before the parole board soon. If his hearing is a success he could be back on the streets within weeks.
Thirty-three-year-old Piper, who is now a successful writer, broadcaster, and activist, seems to be understandably worried by this.
In a now deleted Instagram post she said: "God protect me from ANYTHING that wasn't sent by you."
The attack left the former model and beauty queen with horrific acid burns and blinded her in one eye. Since the attack she has fought bravely to rebuild her life and is now in a loving relationship with her husband Richard Sutton. The couple have two daughters together.
Sylvestre applied for parole in 2015 but was denied. In her autobiography, Piper spoke of how she felt upon receiving the news that he might be released.
She said: "It was hard to believe that the man who threw acid in my face had already served almost six years of his life sentence, or that he was eligible to apply for a change in the terms of his imprisonment.
"The two of them had taken so much from me, and now this man's punishment might soon be over.
"I thought, 'I'm the one with the life sentence. Not him. He can change his identity, change his name, get a new job, a partner, move on, but I can't. I can't pretend it didn't happen because it's all over my face'."
In her book, she also spoke of her fears that her attacker might come after her for revenge.
She wrote: "There's nothing I can do! Nothing anyone can do. No one's going to listen to me and put them away for ever until I become a news story: 'Acid girl killed by attackers'.
"I turned to dad. 'I wish I'd been burned in a house fire or a car accident,' I said. 'At least a fire wouldn't come after me again; at least a fire wouldn't have a score to settle'."
Assaults with acid have more than doubled in England since 2012. New rules have recently introduced much tougher sentences for those involved in acid attacks. Anyone carrying out an acid attack now faces life imprisonment.
For ordering the attack on Piper, Daniel Lynch was ordered to serve a minimum of 16 years.
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