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A man from west London has been found guilty of ordering an acid attack on a television presenter he contacted on Facebook and then briefly dated. A man has been found guilty of ordering an acid attack on a TV presenter he contacted on Facebook and then dated.
Danny Lynch, 32, of Shepherd's Bush, was found guilty in Wood Green Crown Court of grievous bodily harm (GBH). Danny Lynch, 32, from Shepherd's Bush, west London, arranged for sulphuric acid to be thrown in the face of his victim, leaving her badly disfigured.
The attack, which left his victim badly disfigured, happened in March just days after he assaulted her in a London hotel room. Stefan Sylvestre, 20, of Shepherd's Bush, admitted the attack, which left the woman needing a dozen operations.
The 24-year-old victim cannot be identified for legal reasons. Wood Green Crown Court heard how the woman, 24, ended the relationship with Lynch after he threatened to hang her.
Details of the attack and subsequent trial could only be reported after a separate unrelated trial at Kingston Crown Court was complete. He was convicted last month of grievous bodily harm (GBH), but has yet to be sentenced for legal reasons.
Violent moods Lynch was also accused of raping the woman, but jurors failed to reach a verdict on that charge.
During his trial, Mr Lynch was described as an obsessed fan who used to watch the victim's shows and then contacted her through the social-networking site Facebook. At first I thought it was coffee, but then it started to burn so hard Lynch's victim
After a brief relationship, the woman became aware of his controlling, jealous behaviour and violent mood swings, a jury was told. The acid attack happened on 31 March, three days after Lynch had assaulted his victim in a London hotel room and made the hanging threat.
It was like someone had pushed my head on a grill The anonymous victim Details of the acid attack and subsequent trial could only be reported after an unrelated trial at Kingston Crown Court was complete.
In video evidence the victim, who has undergone a dozen operations since the acid attack on 31 March, told Wood Green Crown Court at first she enjoyed the flattering attention Mr Lynch gave her, but then realised he was becoming obsessive. During the trial, Lynch was described as an obsessed fan of the victim's shows who went on to contact her through the social-networking site Facebook.
The relationship ended after Mr Lynch attacked her in a London hotel room on 28 March and threatened to hang her. In video evidence the victim, who cannot be named, told the court that she was initially flattered by the attention Lynch gave her.
The woman told friends she was too frightened to report the attack to police. 'Pain unreal'
In the days that followed, Mr Lynch bombarded the woman with telephone calls and messages and warned her of dire consequences if she told anyone about the attack. But during their brief relationship, the woman became aware of his controlling, jealous behaviour and violent mood swings, jurors heard.
He then instructed another man to throw sulphuric acid in her face when she left her flat to go to an internet cafe on 31 March. In the days after the hotel room attack, Lynch bombarded the woman with telephone calls and messages, warning her of dire consequences if she told anyone about the assault.
'Burning alive' In her evidence, the victim described the pain of the acid attack as like "burning alive".
Giving evidence during the trial, the victim described the pain like "burning alive" and said: "I was so shocked. "I was so shocked," she said.
"At first I thought it was coffee, but then it started to burn so hard. It was like someone had pushed my head on a grill. "At first I thought it was coffee, but then it started to burn so hard.
"The pain was so unreal." "It was like someone had pushed my head on a grill. The pain was so unreal."
Stefan Sylvestre, 20, of Australia Road, Shepherd's Bush, admitted the acid attack at a separate hearing and pleaded guilty to GBH, the jury heard. At a separate hearing, Sylvestre, of Australia Road, admitted the acid attack, pleading guilty to GBH.
Mr Lynch pleaded guilty to assault bodily harm at a previous hearing over the attack in the hotel room on 28 March. Lynch, of Becklow Gardens, pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm at a previous hearing over the attack in the hotel room.