A security guard accused of hatching a plan to kidnap, rape and murder Holly Willoughby has said online chats about the alleged plot are “massively regrettable”. Gavin 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.” He said he did not ask a man who turned out to be an undercover officer for “help” in carrying out the alleged plot.
Holly Willoughby was the alleged victim of a kidnap, rape and murder plot (Jonathan Brady/PA) He said his words were a way to “get my gratification, move on”. Giving evidence at Chelsmford Crown Court, Plumb said his WhatsApp communications with Marc were “not the kind of chat I would normally participate in”. He said during his discussions with Marc, he conceded that when he said he needed to “follow her movements” and “set everything up”, he was talking about a “fantasy of setting up an abduction”.
Plumb agreed with his barrister Sasha Wass KC that his chats about Ms Willoughby “degraded her”. Addressing the defendant in the witness box on Friday, Ms Wass asked: “What effect did your interactions with Marc have?” Plumb replied: “Looking back at it now, it’s something that is massively regrettable because it’s not the kind of chat I would normally participate in.” Questioned on how serious his crush on Ms Willoughby was, the defendant said: “It was.
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