Gavin Plumb had been attempting to live his “ultimate fantasy” and was described by the prosecution as someone who had an “obsession” with TV host Holly Willoughby.
British television star Holly Willoughby says women should not be made to feel unsafe in their own homes after a security guard was convicted of plotting to kidnap, rape and murder her.
In a statement following the verdict, Willoughby, who waived her right to anonymity, said: “As women we should not be made to feel unsafe going about our daily lives and in our own homes. I will forever be grateful to the undercover police officer who understood the imminent threat, and to the Metropolitan and Essex police forces for their swift response.”
The week-long trial heard how Plumb had made an “abduction kit”, complete with metal cable ties, handcuffs, a ball gag and a blindfold, in preparation for the attack.He scouted Willoughby’s home address in advance of a potential home invasion and searched for abandoned buildings where he could “keep” the formerOfficers stormed Plumb’s flat on October 4 last year after he unwittingly revealed his plot to an American undercover officer online.
In “sexualised” messages on WhatsApp, Wickr and Kik between Plumb and a man called Marc, the pair exchanged 57 images of Willoughby across 46 WhatsApp messages between Jan 12 and Jan 19 2022. Nine of these images were “deepfake pornography”, Alison Morgan KC, prosecuting, said. Plumb’s violence against women began in 2006, when he was given a 12-month suspended sentence after attempting to force two stewardesses off a train using a fake gun and a threatening note on two separate occasions.
Following the guilty verdicts, Detective Chief Inspector Greg Wood, Essex Police’s senior investigating officer, said Plumb was a “dangerous, predatory individual”.
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