LUKASZ Herba claimed to be a killer working for the Black Death Group when he kidnapped British model and mother-of-one Chloe Ayling.
Here’s everything we know about Herba and the shocking case, which appears in the new BBC factual drama ‘Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story.
Who is the Black Death Group?
The so-called Black Death group is an organization that claims to be responsible for a network of kidnappings and human trafficking.
Although rumors about his existence have circulated for several years, the kidnapping of Chloe Ayling in Milan is believed to be the only suspected crime to which authorities have publicly linked him.
The name is notorious in sections of the internet due to the apparent scale and depravity of his offending, although it is unclear whether his photos promoting women for sale are authentic, nor whether he is as proficient as he claims to be.
It is alleged that dark web users pay huge fees to buy women who have been kidnapped across Europe.
A 2015 article by Vice’s Motherboard stated that its reporter found images of women chained with the victim being offered for sale for £115,000.
Who is Chloe Ayling’s kidnapper, Lukasz Herba?
Lukasz Herba was convicted of kidnapping the model on June 11, 2018 and sentenced to 16 years and nine months in prison.
He was found guilty of drugging her when she turned up in Milan to work as a model.
The now 33-year-old was convicted in a court in the Italian city and was imprisoned for more than 16 years.
Herba alleged that Chloe agreed to the scheme as part of a publicity stunt to boost her career.
But in 2020 your sentence was reduced almost five years because a judge ruled that he “acted out of love.”
Chloe told police she was drugged, handcuffed and stuffed in a suitcase and held captive for six days after turning up at an address in Milan to work as a model, before being released at the British consulate in Milan.
Herba stated that he wanted to improve his profile in an effort to accumulate more followers on his paid Facebook profile, which had “risqué photos” in exchange for money.
He said they met on the social media platform and planned the kidnapping together because she told him she was broke.
Polish-born Herba denied kidnapping Chloe during her trial in Milan.
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Police say Herba demanded £250,000 to stop a human trafficking auction hosted on porn sites on the dark web.
He was arrested on July 17, 2017, after handing Chloe over to the British consulate in Milan.
She claims he felt sorry for her after she told him she had a two-year-old son.
The alleged kidnapper told police he had no idea of the kidnapping plan when he was paid £500,000 by Romanians to pose as a photographer and meet Chloe.
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He said that when he found out they were planning to kidnap her, he dropped the plan.
How to watch Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story
The BBC’s six-part factual drama about the chilling case will air at 9pm on Wednesday 14 August.
It will be shown on BBC Three, starting with a double bill.
The entire series will be released on the same date in iPlayer.
Release dates for the following four episodes have not yet been announced.
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