Chloe Ayling kidnap suspect to appeal against Italy extradition

One of the alleged kidnappers of British model Chloe Ayling is to appeal against a judge’s decision to extradite him to Italy, insisting the entire case is “a scam”.

Ms Ayling, 20, claims she was snatched, drugged and held hostage for six days by a group calling itself Black Death after being lured to a fake modelling shoot in Milan in July.

Her alleged captor, Lukasz Herba, 30, is in custody in the city, having been arrested after delivering Ms Ayling to the British embassy.

He has said he did not knowingly take part in any crime.

At a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court yesterday, District Judge Paul Goldspring ruled his 36-year-old brother, Michal Herba, should be extradited to Italy to face trial.

The Polish brothers, along with other “unidentified” accomplices, are accused of kidnapping the model before demanding a £264,00 ransom.

Italian police claim they are part of the Black Death group, which says it sells women as sex slaves on the dark web to buyers in the Middle East.

In court documents, released by the judge, Michal Herba, who moved to the UK permanently in 2011, claims to have driven to Milan from Poland to meet his brother on July 10.

“I also met Chloe Ayling who was free, chilled and relaxed,” he said.

“The entire thing seems to be a scam. If I did something illegal I would not return to England to continue working and to live openly.”