Gavin Plumb told police as they arrested him that the TV presenter was 'a fantasy of mine'.
An isolated, deluded fantasist or a violent danger to women? That was the question put to jurors about Gavin Plumb, a security guard from Essex who planned to kidnap, rape and murder Holly Willoughby .Police and the jury, the answer was overwhelmingly clear. Plumb's plot was not just a "fantasy", as he insisted throughout his trial at
That obsession had led the 37-year-old to lay the groundwork for an elaborate plan to make his ultimate fantasy a reality. Plumb was arrested, his plans foiled. Police then called Holly Willoughby to give her full assurances of her safety. Adding those previous convictions to his disturbing search history, detailed research of how he would kidnap Ms Willoughby and his conversations with the US officer, Essex Police showed Plumb was a dangerous man whose plans were no "fantasy"."There were clear opportunities for him if it was a fantasy as he says it was, and I’m clear that it wasn’t. He had opportunities to make that distinction and he didn’t.
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