A security guard checked out an abandoned stud farm with cells to “keep” TV presenter Holly Willoughby after kidnapping her, a court has heard. Gavin Plumb, who is accused of masterminding a plot to kidnap, rape and murder Ms Willoughby, allegedly told another man she would be put in a van after a “home invasion” before being taken to “her new home and her new way of living”. A jury was previously shown an image of items purchased by the 37-year-old, including metal cable ties, handcuffs and a blindfold.
His online searches were also read out to the jury, including “killers from Harlow in Essex”, “rape in the United Kingdom” and “violence against women – rape”. Items purchased by the defendant (Crown Prosecution Service/PA) Jurors were told he also sent a voice note which said he was “gonna get some chloroform” and in a separate voice note of March last year, added: “I might even buy some fresh hankies as well so they are fresh for her.” In a WhatsApp exchange read to the court by prosecutor Alison Morgan KC, the defendant said: “We’ve got somewhere in the country to keep her Ryan (another man he had been speaking with) is interested again by the looks of it.
” The man he was speaking with, who went by the name of Marc, replied: “Cool where is the location.” Plumb said it was “a stud farm that’s abandoned”, adding: “It’s got cells.” He said in a further message: “It could finally be happening.
” The defendant told Marc.
