In his police testimony, Lukasz Herba said he got involved with the group behind the alleged kidnap near Milan because he had leukaemia.
Ms Ayling's lawyer Francesco Pesce has said the 20-year-old was told she would be sold in the Middle East "for sex".
Ms Ayling was allegedly held by a group called Black Death for five days.
She came home on Sunday, after talking to police investigators, 26 days after she flew to Milan for a photo shoot.
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