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The Irish Sun
05-08-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Chloe Ayling's undiagnosed condition that ‘explains so much' revealed 8 years after she was kidnapped & put in suitcase
CHLOE Ayling's undiagnosed condition has been revealed eight years after she was kidnapped and put in a suitcase. A new BBC documentary that aired last night has shed light on the horrific episode as the British model says people still don't believe her story. 9 Chloe revealed in her documentary that she still battles with doubters who claim that she faked her kidnapping Credit: Social Media Refer to Source 9 Trolls claimed she lacked emotion after she delivered a statement after the shocking ordeal Credit: BBC 9 Chloe Ayling was held hostage by Lukasz Herba in a house in Italy When the model was 21, she was drugged and kidnapped after travelling to Milan, Italy, for a photoshoot. Chloe Ayling has been accused by trolls online of staging her own kidnapping, in a horror which she says "never ends". The outlandish events she described in addition to her unemotional retelling of the story sparked questions on whether it was all a publicity stunt. Her heartbreaking documentary - entitled My Unbelievable Kidnapping - poses an interesting new theory. It takes viewers through the terrifying mission to save the model from Herba's clutches, as well as her appearance on Big Brother just a year after being kidnapped. Towards the end of the documentary, she receives a formal diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder which she said explained so much - not just about her reactions during her ordeal but about her life before and since. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental condition that affects how people communicate, interact with others, and behave. "I had a lot of difficulties with communication,' she explains in the documentary, while poring over childhood pictures. "I'd react in the wrong way. If I was being told off I would smile. I just had the wrong reactions to things. "My mum would come with me on school trips because I wouldn't be able to say what I wanted or express how I was feeling. "For ages I just said I'm not an emotional person, but now I realise that no matter now hard I try, I just can't express emotion." Chilling moment glamour model Chloe Ayling was kidnapped is recreated in first look at show on Big Brother star's ordeal Trolls claimed she lacked emotion after she delivered a statement from her mother's house. She emerged from the house with a smile and dressed in a revealing vest top and tiny pair of shorts that seemed at odds with the seriousness of the situation. Chloe, now 28, has spent years fighting to convince others about what happened. Upon arriving at the "studio" on that day in 2017, she was driven to a remote warehouse in Truin by Lukasz Herba. 9 She was held in a village in Turin Credit: Ray Collins - The Sun 9 Police reconstructed the kidnapping as part of their investigation Credit: Enterprise News and Pictures Herba was a 30-year-old computer programmer from Oldbury, West Midlands, who held Chloe hostage for a week. He was eventually arrested and jailed for his crime. Despite Herba being jailed, the model revealed that she still faces backlash online for speaking out about his crime. The documentary follows Chloe's recovery from the incident, as well as how she dealt with the scrutiny over a photograph of her shown holding her kidnapper's hand in an Italian village. Speaking about how she remained so calm in CCTV footage, Chloe said: "I had to get him on side to be able to get out. "I want to show a victim doesn't have to fit into a typical box to be believed." A TV series dramatising the event was released on the BBC last year, entitled Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story. It depicts how she was held in the farm house for six days, while her kidnapper demanded €300,000 (£265,000) in ransom money. Herba and his brother Michael were eventually arrested though and handed 16-year prison sentences. 9 Chloe was a successful model before the kidnapping Credit: chloeayling97/Instagram 9 Chloe appeared on Big Brother a year after the kidknapping Credit: Rex Features 9 She says the fallout from the kidnapping 'never ends' Credit: Refer to Caption
The Irish Sun
30-04-2025
- The Irish Sun
Notorious Rotherham grooming gang rapist could be FREED early for ‘good behaviour' after bid to move from jail
VICTIMS are outraged after it emerged a notorious Rotherham grooming gang rapist who tried to escape justice by fleeing to Pakistan could be freed early after a bid to move to an open prison Basharat Hussain was part of a grooming gang jailed in 2017 for the "systematic" sexual abuse of teenage girls in the town - including brave Sammy Woodhouse, whose evidence first helped expose the scandal. Advertisement 8 Basharat Hussain is being considered for a move to an open prison Credit: Enterprise News and Pictures 8 Sammy who gave evidence against Basharat blasted the move as 'disgusting' Credit: Rex 8 Sammy gave birth to a son at 15 after being raped by Basharat's brother, fellow gang member Arshid Credit: SUPPLIED Basharat was put behind bars for 25 years after he was found guilty of 15 charges including rape and abduction. He was also convicted of an additional indecent assault and received a further seven-year sentence, to run concurrently. But now, Basharat is being considered for a move to an open prison, in a move Sammy has blasted as "disgusting". The Sun understands that Basharat will be eligible to be moved into open conditions because he is three years away from his conditional release date. With time spent on remand, Basharat will have served over 50 percent of his sentence in three years - making him eligible for release. A Prison Service spokesperson said: 'Offenders must pass thorough risk assessments before they can be moved to an open prison and if they break the rules they will be immediately returned to closed conditions.' Advertisement Prisoners must pass a three-step step good behaviour test before the transfer is approved - including proving they are at low risk of absconding, that they have reduced their risk of harming members of the public and can prove they have a "wholly persuasive case" for the move. Sick Basharat was jailed alongside his brothers Arshid "Mad Ash" Hussain and Banaras "Bono" Hussain in 2017 in a case that made British history for handing out the highest ever sentences for child sexual exploitation. The three men were part of a vile gang that groomed and raped children for nearly 20 years. However Banaras Hussain was also released early back in December 2025, after serving only nine years of a 19 year sentence. Advertisement Most read in The Sun Victim turned-campaigner Sammy, who has a son born from being raped by Arshid age 15 and gave evidence against all three men - hit out at the latest move. "I received a message from a victim liaison officer asking for my views on Bash being moved to an open prison, that's how I found out about it," she told The Sun. "It's absolutely insane - he's only served eight years of a 25 year sentence. He should serve his whole sentence or what's the point of giving it out? "I met Bash before his brother Ash - my main abuser - and he did kiss me and try to groom me but I ran off. But he abused me friends. Advertisement "So even though there was no charges against Bash for me, I was still cross examined by his barrister. I gave perpetrator names, victims' names, evidence, everything, to the police about all of them. "The thing with Bash is that before the trial he fled to Pakistan and tried to force one of the main witnesses against him to go with him. They had to force him to return for the trial. 'DANGEROUS MEN' "While I was being exploited, Ash took me to this flat and told me that Bash and another man had killed someone there by giving them clear cut heroin - and he went into detail and showed me where everything happened. Now he might have just been making it up to scare me, or he might have told the truth. I told police everything so they could check if any bodies had been found there, but they told me they weren't even looking into it. "It's disgusting - these are dangerous men and we've all been let down time and time again. Advertisement "I'm so p****d off with the whole thing - when all this went to trial they had over a hundred charges between the three brothers. "But so many charges were taken off because they said there were so many offences and all I got told is 'There's too many charges - but it doesn't matter because they are all going to be in prison for a long time'. 'WHAT WAS IT ALL FOR?' "So then at the end of the trial I was thinking, 'Well it's ok, they've pretty much been put away for life or a very long time' only to be told now he might be getting out soon, it makes me think 'What was it all for?' "Obviously what came from that trial, and from me exposing the grooming gangs in Rotherham, it changed the whole country, so that keeps me positive about it, but if this was an ordinary case involving just me and they were now getting out, if I could go back in time I wouldn't have done it - I wouldn't have given evidence against them. It wouldn't have been worth it." Advertisement On the government's websites Category D or open prisons, where Basharat is likely to be moved, are described as having "minimal security and allow eligible prisoners to spend most of their day away from the prison on licence to carry out work, education or for other resettlement purposes", Sammy, who has received death threats over her involvement in the case, which she has reported to police, says she feels "unsafe" knowing Basharat will likely be allowed in and out of open prison. "I won't get told which open prison he will be moved to and I won't be told where he is living when he's out, but I have to tell them where I am," Sammy, who first reported about Basharat's prison move on her It just feels like the entire system protects rapists rather than us. Sammy Woodhouse "It was the same when Bono [Banneras] got released before Christmas I had to give over my details because they aren't allowed to contact me or my family - but I'm not allowed to know any of theirs. I had to tell them my grandchildren's names - it felt like a breach of my privacy. Advertisement "When I asked what prison they are in, they say 'We can't tell you because of data protection, when I asked where Bono was going to be living 'We can't tell you', whatever I ask it's the same 'We can't tell you'. It just feels like the entire system protects rapists rather than us." Sammy, who was groomed from the age of 14, has been campaigning against grooming for years and is currently fighting for children born of rape to be considered victims of crime in the eyes of the law. She says she has recently had family members of her abuser contacting her family for pictures of her grandson. "I recently spoke to a solicitor because his family has been contacting members of my family, and he told me that if they went to court and sought a contact order they could gain access to see my grandchild," she said. Advertisement "People might think, 'That would never happen, they wouldn't let the family of her rapist see her grandchild' but it could happen unless the law is changed properly." GROOMING TRIAL Sammy's main abuser Arshid, of Goole, was jailed for 35 years after being convicted of 23 of the 28 charges he faced, including indecent assault, rape, abduction, false imprisonment and making threats to kill. Banaras pleaded guilty before the trial to 10 charges, including two counts of rape and six of indecent assault and received a lesser sentence of 19 years. A month-long trial at Sheffield Crown Court heard how the men "sexualised" their victims and in some cases subjected them to acts of a "degrading and violent nature". Advertisement Known around the South Yorkshire town by their nicknames of Mad Ash, Bash and Bono - the three brothers were drug dealers who ruled the roost using violence and fear, the court heard. The grooming took place in houses, lock-up garages, churchyards and public spaces across the town, including Clifton Park. The victims were forced to perform sex acts, often on several men at a time, and also forced to store guns and drugs for the gang. Rotherham grooming gang victim Sammy Woodhouse says her rapist wants child visiting rights Their uncle Qurban Ali was also found guilty of conspiracy to rape and jailed for 10 years. Advertisement Back in 2015, Basharat skipped bail and fled to Pakistan after being arrested on a number of offences. A 30-year-old woman - who said Basharat left her fearing for her life on one occasion after threatening to shoot her - says she was driven to an airport and expected to board a flight, but could not go through with it. She claims Hussain had trapped her in a physically, psychologically and sexually abusive relationship from the age of 15, during which he made several threats to kill her. She told police in an interview: 'I never wanted to go to Pakistan. His cousin drove me to the airport but when I got there I couldn't do it. Advertisement "I just couldn't go because I knew what my life would be, there.' The woman, who cannot be named, also claims 'controlling' Hussain told her how to dress and behave during years of terror. He said he once locked her in a flat for two days after dragging her home from a night out in Barnsley with friends. The woman says Hussain once even sent her a text message telling her 'point blank' that he was going to shoot her. Advertisement GROOMING SCANDAL It comes after it was revealed that members of the same grooming gang who preyed on teenage girls got £611,204 in legal aid. Details of the funding for the Rotherham monsters comes days after Labour went back on its abuse inquiry promises. Seven men were jailed for a combined 101 years in 2018 for grooming and abusing five girls in the South Yorkshire town from 1998 to 2005. Ringleader Advertisement His total does not include costs for a separate trial last year in which he got a 12-year term for raping a girl of 13 after plying her with booze and drugs. Labour's pathetic response to grooming gangs By Tony Parsons THIS Labour government never looked more pathetically gutless than in its response to the grooming gangs. The systematic and nationwide sexual exploitation of vulnerable young white girls by organised gangs of largely Pakistani men is the greatest scandal of our time. And Labour doesn't want to know. In January, the Government announced a £5million fund for five local inquiries into grooming gangs. That was an obscenely inadequate response to mass child sex abuse. These atrocities played out in scores of cities and towns for decades. Councils that failed vulnerable children can't be allowed to investigate their own failures. Now, that already derisory response has been watered down even further. Forty-five minutes before the House of Commons broke for the Easter holidays, At the discretion of the councils involved, that £5million fund can now be spent on other projects. This is more than political cowardice. It stinks of a cover-up. The scandal of the grooming gangs screams out for a statutory inquiry where witnesses are made to give evidence. This is exactly what we had with the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry, the Covid inquiry and the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry. A formal investigation, conducted within a legal framework. Anything less is a cop-out. Anything less is running from the ugly truth. Five other defendants, aged from 40 to 45 and jailed for between ten and 20 years, each received between £60,147 and £99,168 in legal aid. The seventh, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had £90,849. All bar one of the gang were convicted of rape — and one of them fell asleep in court as impact statements put forward by the victims were read out. Advertisement Read more on the Irish Sun News of the gang's legal aid bill comes after the Government was accused of axing local child rape inquiries to appease Pakistani voters. Former Equalities Commission chief Sir Trevor Phillips called ministers 'utterly shameful' for watering down a series of investigations. 8 Sammy, pictured here as a school girl, was groomed and exploited from the age of 14 8 Protests against the grooming gangs in 2015 Advertisement 8 Sammy has been campaigning against child exploitation for years Credit: Rex Features 8 Arshid Hussain, Basharat Hussain and Bannaras Hussain were all jailed for their heinous crimes Credit: PA:Press Association 8 At least 1,400 girls suffered abuse in Rotherham Credit: Alamy
Scottish Sun
30-04-2025
- Scottish Sun
Notorious Rotherham grooming gang rapist could be FREED early for ‘good behaviour' after bid to move from jail
VICTIMS are outraged after it emerged a notorious Rotherham grooming gang rapist who tried to escape justice by fleeing to Pakistan could be freed early after a bid to move to an open prison Basharat Hussain was part of a grooming gang jailed in 2017 for the "systematic" sexual abuse of teenage girls in the town - including brave Sammy Woodhouse, whose evidence first helped expose the scandal. Advertisement 8 Basharat Hussain is being considered for a move to an open prison Credit: Enterprise News and Pictures 8 Sammy who gave evidence against Basharat blasted the move as 'disgusting' Credit: Rex 8 Sammy gave birth to a son at 15 after being raped by Basharat's brother, fellow gang member Arshid Credit: SUPPLIED Basharat was put behind bars for 25 years after he was found guilty of 15 charges including rape and abduction. He was also convicted of an additional indecent assault and received a further seven-year sentence, to run concurrently. But now, Basharat is being considered for a move to an open prison, in a move Sammy has blasted as "disgusting". The Sun understands that Basharat will be eligible to be moved into open conditions because he is three years away from his conditional release date. With time spent on remand, Basharat will have served over 50 percent of his sentence in three years - making him eligible for release. A Prison Service spokesperson said: 'Offenders must pass thorough risk assessments before they can be moved to an open prison and if they break the rules they will be immediately returned to closed conditions.' Advertisement Prisoners must pass a three-step step good behaviour test before the transfer is approved - including proving they are at low risk of absconding, that they have reduced their risk of harming members of the public and can prove they have a "wholly persuasive case" for the move. Sick Basharat was jailed alongside his brothers Arshid "Mad Ash" Hussain and Banaras "Bono" Hussain in 2017 in a case that made British history for handing out the highest ever sentences for child sexual exploitation. The three men were part of a vile gang that groomed and raped children for nearly 20 years. However Banaras Hussain was also released early back in December 2025, after serving only nine years of a 19 year sentence. Advertisement Victim turned-campaigner Sammy, who has a son born from being raped by Arshid age 15 and gave evidence against all three men - hit out at the latest move. "I received a message from a victim liaison officer asking for my views on Bash being moved to an open prison, that's how I found out about it," she told The Sun. "It's absolutely insane - he's only served eight years of a 25 year sentence. He should serve his whole sentence or what's the point of giving it out? "I met Bash before his brother Ash - my main abuser - and he did kiss me and try to groom me but I ran off. But he abused me friends. Advertisement "So even though there was no charges against Bash for me, I was still cross examined by his barrister. I gave perpetrator names, victims' names, evidence, everything, to the police about all of them. "The thing with Bash is that before the trial he fled to Pakistan and tried to force one of the main witnesses against him to go with him. They had to force him to return for the trial. 'DANGEROUS MEN' "While I was being exploited, Ash took me to this flat and told me that Bash and another man had killed someone there by giving them clear cut heroin - and he went into detail and showed me where everything happened. Now he might have just been making it up to scare me, or he might have told the truth. I told police everything so they could check if any bodies had been found there, but they told me they weren't even looking into it. "It's disgusting - these are dangerous men and we've all been let down time and time again. Advertisement "I'm so p****d off with the whole thing - when all this went to trial they had over a hundred charges between the three brothers. "But so many charges were taken off because they said there were so many offences and all I got told is 'There's too many charges - but it doesn't matter because they are all going to be in prison for a long time'. 'WHAT WAS IT ALL FOR?' "So then at the end of the trial I was thinking, 'Well it's ok, they've pretty much been put away for life or a very long time' only to be told now he might be getting out soon, it makes me think 'What was it all for?' "Obviously what came from that trial, and from me exposing the grooming gangs in Rotherham, it changed the whole country, so that keeps me positive about it, but if this was an ordinary case involving just me and they were now getting out, if I could go back in time I wouldn't have done it - I wouldn't have given evidence against them. It wouldn't have been worth it." Advertisement On the government's websites Category D or open prisons, where Basharat is likely to be moved, are described as having "minimal security and allow eligible prisoners to spend most of their day away from the prison on licence to carry out work, education or for other resettlement purposes", Sammy, who has received death threats over her involvement in the case, which she has reported to police, says she feels "unsafe" knowing Basharat will likely be allowed in and out of open prison. "I won't get told which open prison he will be moved to and I won't be told where he is living when he's out, but I have to tell them where I am," Sammy, who first reported about Basharat's prison move on her X account, said. It just feels like the entire system protects rapists rather than us. Sammy Woodhouse "It was the same when Bono [Banneras] got released before Christmas I had to give over my details because they aren't allowed to contact me or my family - but I'm not allowed to know any of theirs. I had to tell them my grandchildren's names - it felt like a breach of my privacy. Advertisement "When I asked what prison they are in, they say 'We can't tell you because of data protection, when I asked where Bono was going to be living 'We can't tell you', whatever I ask it's the same 'We can't tell you'. It just feels like the entire system protects rapists rather than us." Sammy, who was groomed from the age of 14, has been campaigning against grooming for years and is currently fighting for children born of rape to be considered victims of crime in the eyes of the law. She says she has recently had family members of her abuser contacting her family for pictures of her grandson. "I recently spoke to a solicitor because his family has been contacting members of my family, and he told me that if they went to court and sought a contact order they could gain access to see my grandchild," she said. Advertisement "People might think, 'That would never happen, they wouldn't let the family of her rapist see her grandchild' but it could happen unless the law is changed properly." GROOMING TRIAL Sammy's main abuser Arshid, of Goole, was jailed for 35 years after being convicted of 23 of the 28 charges he faced, including indecent assault, rape, abduction, false imprisonment and making threats to kill. Banaras pleaded guilty before the trial to 10 charges, including two counts of rape and six of indecent assault and received a lesser sentence of 19 years. A month-long trial at Sheffield Crown Court heard how the men "sexualised" their victims and in some cases subjected them to acts of a "degrading and violent nature". Advertisement Known around the South Yorkshire town by their nicknames of Mad Ash, Bash and Bono - the three brothers were drug dealers who ruled the roost using violence and fear, the court heard. The grooming took place in houses, lock-up garages, churchyards and public spaces across the town, including Clifton Park. The victims were forced to perform sex acts, often on several men at a time, and also forced to store guns and drugs for the gang. Rotherham grooming gang victim Sammy Woodhouse says her rapist wants child visiting rights Their uncle Qurban Ali was also found guilty of conspiracy to rape and jailed for 10 years. Advertisement Back in 2015, Basharat skipped bail and fled to Pakistan after being arrested on a number of offences. A 30-year-old woman - who said Basharat left her fearing for her life on one occasion after threatening to shoot her - says she was driven to an airport and expected to board a flight, but could not go through with it. She claims Hussain had trapped her in a physically, psychologically and sexually abusive relationship from the age of 15, during which he made several threats to kill her. She told police in an interview: 'I never wanted to go to Pakistan. His cousin drove me to the airport but when I got there I couldn't do it. Advertisement "I just couldn't go because I knew what my life would be, there.' The woman, who cannot be named, also claims 'controlling' Hussain told her how to dress and behave during years of terror. He said he once locked her in a flat for two days after dragging her home from a night out in Barnsley with friends. The woman says Hussain once even sent her a text message telling her 'point blank' that he was going to shoot her. Advertisement GROOMING SCANDAL It comes after it was revealed that members of the same grooming gang who preyed on teenage girls got £611,204 in legal aid. Details of the funding for the Rotherham monsters comes days after Labour went back on its abuse inquiry promises. Seven men were jailed for a combined 101 years in 2018 for grooming and abusing five girls in the South Yorkshire town from 1998 to 2005. Ringleader Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar, 43, who was sentenced to 23 years in jail, got £143,696 in legal aid. Advertisement His total does not include costs for a separate trial last year in which he got a 12-year term for raping a girl of 13 after plying her with booze and drugs. Labour's pathetic response to grooming gangs By Tony Parsons THIS Labour government never looked more pathetically gutless than in its response to the grooming gangs. The systematic and nationwide sexual exploitation of vulnerable young white girls by organised gangs of largely Pakistani men is the greatest scandal of our time. And Labour doesn't want to know. In January, the Government announced a £5million fund for five local inquiries into grooming gangs. That was an obscenely inadequate response to mass child sex abuse. These atrocities played out in scores of cities and towns for decades. Councils that failed vulnerable children can't be allowed to investigate their own failures. Now, that already derisory response has been watered down even further. Forty-five minutes before the House of Commons broke for the Easter holidays, Jess Phillips of the Home Office told an almost empty chamber that the Government would now be taking a 'flexible' approach to local grooming gang inquiries. At the discretion of the councils involved, that £5million fund can now be spent on other projects. This is more than political cowardice. It stinks of a cover-up. The scandal of the grooming gangs screams out for a statutory inquiry where witnesses are made to give evidence. This is exactly what we had with the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry, the Covid inquiry and the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry. A formal investigation, conducted within a legal framework. Anything less is a cop-out. Anything less is running from the ugly truth. Five other defendants, aged from 40 to 45 and jailed for between ten and 20 years, each received between £60,147 and £99,168 in legal aid. The seventh, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had £90,849. All bar one of the gang were convicted of rape — and one of them fell asleep in court as impact statements put forward by the victims were read out. Advertisement News of the gang's legal aid bill comes after the Government was accused of axing local child rape inquiries to appease Pakistani voters. Former Equalities Commission chief Sir Trevor Phillips called ministers 'utterly shameful' for watering down a series of investigations. 8 Sammy, pictured here as a school girl, was groomed and exploited from the age of 14 8 Protests against the grooming gangs in 2015 Advertisement 8 Sammy has been campaigning against child exploitation for years Credit: Rex Features 8 Arshid Hussain, Basharat Hussain and Bannaras Hussain were all jailed for their heinous crimes Credit: PA:Press Association
