British model Chloe Ayling faked her kidnapping for a "publicity stunt", one of her alleged kidnappers has claimed.

The 20-year-old model is said to have been snatched by a group calling itself Black Death after being lured to a fake modelling shoot in Milan in July.

But one of her alleged kidnappers, Michal Herba, 36, is fighting extradition to Italy with his lawyer claiming the entire case could be a "sham".