Video shows moment police arrested man accused of Holly Willoughby kidnap plot
Gavin Plumb was shirtless when officers forced open his front door and burst into his home in Harlow, Essex, last October.
A security guard accused of a plot to kidnap, rape and murder Holly Willoughby said the star was “a fantasy of mine” as police raided his flat, according to body-worn video footage played in court.
Gavin Plumb, 37, was shirtless when officers forced open his front door and burst into his home in Harlow, Essex, on October 4 last year.
Plumb exclaimed “what are you talking about”, in the footage played to Chelmsford Crown Court, later adding: “Please explain to me what the hell is going on.”
When told he was under arrest on suspicion of conspiracy to kidnap, Plumb said “who?” and was told it was Ms Willoughby.
He later stated to officers, in the footage from October 4 last year: “I’m not gonna lie, she is a fantasy of mine.”
The trial was earlier told that Plumb had unwittingly engaged in an online chat with a US undercover police officer, who he thought was a man called David Nelson.
The defendant denies soliciting murder, incitement to rape and incitement to kidnap.
Defence barrister Sasha Wass KC said in court: “I wanted the jury to see Mr Plumb was talking freely and to see the size he was then as opposed to now.”
The defendant earlier told jurors that his current weight was around 24-and-a-half stone.
Plumb said that he was following legal advice when he later gave no comment in police interview.
The trial continues.
