Gavin Plumb, who is accused of hatching a plan to kidnap, rape and murder Holly Willoughby, told police 'she's a fantasy of mine' during his arrest, a court heard today. In police body-worn video footage of Gavin Plumb’s arrest at his flat on October 4, played to jurors in court, the defendant exclaimed to officers “what are you talking about” and “please explain to me what the hell is going on”. Told he was under arrest on suspicion of conspiracy to kidnap, Plumb said “who?” and was told it was Holly Willoughby.
The defendant asked “OK, where’s that from?” and was told by an officer “that will be explained to you in custody”. He later stated to officers, in the footage from last year: “I’m not gonna lie, she is a fantasy of mine.” The defendant told jurors his current weight was around 24-and-a-half stone, and the trial heard he weighed around 30 stone at the time he was taken into custody.
Defence barrister Sasha Wass KC tasked that a video of Plumb in police custody be played in court and she said: “I wanted the jury to see Mr Plumb was talking freely and to see the size he was then as opposed to now.” Giving evidence at Chelsmford Crown Court today, security guard Plumb said his online phone conversations about the alleged kidnap plot are “massively regrettable”. Plumb told a jury his discussions with a man who gave his name as Marc were “dark”, but insisted: “It wasn’t going to be any more than me and him chatting.
” Plumb s.
