Gavin Plumb, from Harlow in Essex, is charged with soliciting an undercover officer using the name David Nelson to commit murder, and incitement to commit kidnap.
A security guard plotted to kidnap, rape and murder Holly Willoughby after becoming 'obsessed' with the TV presenter, a court heard today.
Gavin Plumb is charged with soliciting an undercover police officer to commit murder and incitement to kidnap 'The defendant set out his plans and sought to encourage the other person to commit those offences with him. Ms Morgan said Plumb's previous kidnap attempts 'tell you that this defendant knew what it would take to terrify and overpower a woman'.'He sat opposite her and stared at her, before showing her a note which said: 'I have got a gun. All you have to do is keep quiet. Do what I say. So just stand up and get off at the next stop with me. Don't cry or make a sound. Don't stop me from touching you because I won't hurt you.
Ms Morgan also told the court that, two years later, two 16-year-olds who worked at a shop in Harlow, Essex, were also the subject of approaches by Plumb. 'When you consider the discussions about Holly Willoughby and what this defendant planned to do to her, you will do so in the context of those earlier offences.'He was someone who had chosen to do this for real, and not just as a fantasy.'
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