Security guard’s plan to ‘kidnap, rape & murder Holly Willoughby was real’

Plumb, of Harlow, Essex, denies soliciting murder, incitement to rape and incitement to kidnap.Gavin Plumb is a “sly individual” and a “prolific liar” who gained sexual arousal from his intentions, jurors were told.

Gavin Plumb's plan to kidnap, rape and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby was definitely real
Gavin Plumb’s plan to kidnap, rape and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby was definitely realCredit: BackGrid
Plumb's sexual motive for snatching Holly was clear in his 'appalling messages' to others online, pictured being arrested
Plumb’s sexual motive for snatching Holly was clear in his ‘appalling messages’ to others online, pictured being arrestedCredit: PA

But Plumb’s sexual motive for snatching TV presenter Holly was clear in his “appalling messages” to others online, Chelmsford crown court heard.The prosecution said they could tell it was a genuine plan because the details he outlined to potential accomplices contained nothing “sexy or gratifying” and were too boring to be purely fantasy.The trial continues.She told jurors he is a man that has “done this for real”.

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The prosecution say he had an obsession with Holly, 43.Ms Morgan also pointed to his previous convictions, which she said showed he had a tendency to commit acts aimed at controlling and terrifying women.During her closing speech, Alison Morgan KC said Plumb, 37, who went by the username Big Bear online, went to great lengths to suggest to other people that it was not fantasy.A SECURITY guard’s plan to kidnap, rape and murder Holly Willoughby was definitely real, a court heard yesterday.

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She said the defendant said “it’s really happening” when an undercover cop sent him an image of a flight booking to make Plumb think he was genuinely prepared to join him in his plan to attack Holly.

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