Katie Piper reveals how the evil she endured has driven her to succeed
Daily MailKatie Piper would 'love' a seat on the This Morning sofa. Katie has spent weeks apart from her husband of eight years, Richard, and her two daughters Belle, nine and Penelope, five, as she has been filming Jailhouse Mums in the USA Katie has two daughters – Belle, nine, and Penelope, five – with Richard, her builder/carpenter husband of eight years, but she's spent many weeks apart from them this year in the USA, filming five-part documentary Jailhouse Mums. At the age of 24, Katie was a victim of a horrific sulphuric acid attack when a man she'd dated for only two weeks raped her then paid a hitman to attack her Katie's very pretty face lights up when she speaks about her family. Katie says as far as her daughters are concerned, 'I've had operations all their lives, and bandages and recoveries, so it's never been, "Oh Mum, what happened to you?" For the documentary Jailhouse Mums, Katie spoke to women in some of America's toughest prisons who 'had regrets, felt guilt and had fractured relationships with their children' Pictured: Katie at the screening of the documentary last week 'It was this thing of not looking like other people but being supported to go out into the world, to build relationships and a career.