Second man arrested over alleged kidnapping of British model Chloe Ayling

A second man has been arrested by police investigating the alleged kidnapping of a British model.

Michal Konrad Herba, 36, was arrested in Birmingham on a European arrest warrant on Wednesday, the National Crime Agency said.

He is the brother of chief suspect Lukasz Pawel Herba, who has been charged in Italy with the kidnapping of 20-year-old Chloe Ayling for extortion.

Thirty-year-old Lukasz Herba is a British resident born in Poland, according to Italian authorities.

Ms Ayling says she was lured to a fake photo shoot in Milan before being drugged and stuffed into a bag and driven to a remote farmhouse near Turin in northwest Italy.

Italian police said Ms Ayling's captor advertised her "sale" online and demanded a $300,000 (£231,000) ransom from her agent.

She was dropped off at the British consulate in Milan six days after she went missing on 17 July.

Following her ordeal Ms Ayling's lawyer said the police had "more than understandable doubts" about the model's story.

But he described suggestions that she may have been somehow in on the kidnap as "evil".

Michal Herba is due to appear at London's Westminster Magistrates Court on Thursday.