Model thanks supporters

TURIN: British model Chloe Ayling has thanked those who “believed in me” after a Polish man was jailed for kidnapping her.

Lukasz Herba held Chloe Ayling captive for six days in a farmhouse near Turin in Italy, after abducting her during what she thought would be a photo shoot last July. He was arrested after releasing her at the British consulate, and has now been sentenced to 16 years and nine months in jail.

Ms Ayling, of Coulsdon, south London, posted on Instagram: “Shame on all of the ignorant people who doubted what had happened to me and think they know more than the Italian authorities.”

Herba had tried to extort £230,000 from her agent.