Denise tells of terror over stalker's release

DENISE Welch has spoken of her fear that a man convicted of arson at her home is due to be released from prison.

- MICHAEL MORAN

Toraq Wyngard, then 64, from Salford, was jailed for arson and stalking in 2022. But the Loose Women star says she has learned he is soon to be freed.

Denise said: "The stalker who set fire to my property, who came to my house with knives who could have killed me or a member of my family or the brave woman who came to help is getting out of prison soon, and I am terrified."

It's still unclear why Wyngard, who also goes by the name of Todd Wyngard, targeted former Corrie actress Denise and her family. She described how her ordeal began on one evening in September 2020.

A neighbour knocked on Denise's door to alert her to the fact that a skip on her driveway at her Wilmslow home was on fire.