{"id":139640,"date":"2018-06-11T16:09:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T16:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/chloe-ayling-vindicated-over-kidnappers-conviction\/"},"modified":"2018-06-11T16:09:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T16:09:22","slug":"chloe-ayling-vindicated-over-kidnappers-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/chloe-ayling-vindicated-over-kidnappers-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Chloe Ayling ‘vindicated’ over kidnapper’s conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Media captionChloe Ayling: "I've been through a terrifying experience"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Model Chloe Ayling says she feels "vindicated" after the man she accused of kidnapping her was convicted and jailed for almost 17 years.<\/p>\n

Ms Ayling was lured to Italy from London on the promise of a photo shoot by Lucasz Herba, who drugged her and took her to a farmhouse in a holdall.<\/p>\n

Herba, 30, held her there for six days in July 2017, and demanded a 300,000 Euro (\u00a3265,000) ransom.<\/p>\n

The Polish national was jailed following a trial at a court in Milan.<\/p>\n

The court heard he offered Ms Ayling for sale online, before handing her over to the British consulate.<\/p>\n

Herba - described by prosecutors as a "narcissist and a fantasist who was obsessed with Miss Ayling" - was also found guilty of attempted extortion and carrying false documents.<\/p>\n

He was jailed for 16 years and nine months.<\/p>\n

Herba had claimed Ms Ayling went with him willingly, which she denied.<\/p>\n

'A psychopath'<\/h2>\n

At the start of the trial in February, a police officer told the court that Ms Ayling had suffered mental and physical abuse during the six-day ordeal.<\/p>\n

Image caption Lucasz Herba was sentenced at a court in Milan following a trial <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Her agent Adrian Sington said: "This has been an incredible burden on her shoulders for the last year in the face of media criticism of her motivation and this is vindication - her story is true.<\/p>\n

"It means now she can get on with her life. It's hard if you're being painted in the press as a liar and now she's able to say, 'I know it's a bizarre story but it's a true one'."<\/p>\n

He called Herba a "psychopath and a narcissist" who "behaves in such a way that it's almost impossible to believe that someone could be so stupid".<\/p>\n

"So, in some ways, it's not surprising that the media found Chloe's story difficult to believe," he said.<\/p>\n

"Let's not forget she was bundled into a suitcase, injected with ketamine in the boot of a car and thought she was going to die."<\/p>\n

Ketamine injection<\/h2>\n

The BBC's Gavin Lee said Herba orchestrated "an extraordinary kidnap plot" in an attempt to win the model's affections.<\/p>\n

Herba, who lived in Oldbury, West Midlands, posed as a photographer in July last year and lured the 20-year-model, from Coulsdon, south London, to a fake studio in Milan.<\/p>\n

He then injected Ms Ayling with the tranquilliser drug ketamine.<\/p>\n

She was stripped, handcuffed, placed in a holdall bag and driven 120 miles (193km) in the boot of a car to a remote farmhouse near Turin. The model was held captive for six days.<\/p>\n

It was heard in court that Herba then pretended to be from a group called the Black Death, involved with selling models as sex slaves in Saudi Arabia, but ultimately released Ms Ayling after discovering she had a child.<\/p>\n

Our correspondent added: "This, according to the prosecution, was another elaborate lie, set up in an attempt to win the model's sympathy and affection before releasing her."<\/p>\n

In his defence, Herba said he had previously met Ms Ayling and had fallen in love with her.<\/p>\n

He claimed he wanted to create a scandal to help her career by creating extra publicity.<\/p>\n

Herba said that he was inspired after watching the film By Any Means - in which a similar kidnap plot was carried out.<\/p>\n

The court ruled out any involvement from Ms Ayling.<\/p>\n

Herba's brother Michal is alleged to have been involved in the kidnap and is in the process of being extradited from the UK. He denies any involvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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