An Alabama woman who admitted to faking her own kidnapping has been charged over the hoax.

Carlee Russell, 25, faces two misdemeanours: one of false reporting to law enforcement and another of falsely reporting an incident.

The nursing student called police on 13 July claiming she saw a toddler in a nappy walking along a motorway.

She returned home on 15 July, claiming she had been abducted by a man with orange hair and a woman.

Last Monday she admitted in a statement issued through her lawyer that she had fabricated the whole story.

At a news conference on Friday, the Hoover Police Department said Ms Russell had turned herself in that day and was released on $2,000 (£1,555) bail.