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Man guilty of Holly Willoughby kidnap and murder plot

Gavin Plumb created a tool kit for sexual violence against the TV star to fulfil an "ultimate fantasy".

Det Ch Insp Greg Wood, of Essex Police, told the BBC that Plumb was an "obsessive loner" who had assembled "all the items he needed to cause Holly Willoughby some serious harm". The trial heard Plumb purchased 400 "heavy duty" metal cable ties, as well as bottles purported to contain chloroform to knock Ms Willoughby and her husband out after breaking in to their house. Plumb told Marc in March 2023 in a voice note: "We're then gonna force her [Ms Willoughby] to make a video saying she come with us under her own free will… and she's fully consenting to everything we do to her – so that covers us."

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