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A new Channel 5 documentary is looking at the plot to kidnap and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby. The TV presenter was at the forefront of a horrific case last year, in which Gavin Plumb, from Essex, kidnap, rape and murder her. Now, a new Channel 5 documentary is looking at the plot.
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com/BQRMvngzi7 — London & UK Street News (@CrimeLdn) July 31, 2024 What did Gavin Plumb do? Holly Willoughby kidnap plot explained Security guard Gavin Plumb, who was 37 at the time of conviction, had planned to kidnap, rape and murder TV star Holly Willoughby . Essex Police explained that Plumb has "developed an obsession with Holly Willoughby over a number of years". He joined various online forums, including one called “Abduct Lovers”, where he discussed his plan to kidnap the presenter from her family home.
Jurors were shown evidence of conversations between Plumb and a man called “Marc”, where they discussed "graphic details" about the plans. Plumb was snared after a US undercover police officer infiltrated the Abduct Lovers group and became so concerned about Plumb’s posts that evidence was passed to the FBI. Gavin Plumb (Image: Essex Police) He told the officer, who was using the pseudonym David Nelson, that he was “definitely serious” about his plot to kidnap Ms Willoughby, leaving the officer with the impression that there was an “imminent threat” to her.
US law enforcement in turn contacted police in the UK, and when Essex Police officers raided Plumb’s flat in Harlow in Essex, they found bottles of chloroform and an “abduction kit” complete with cable ties. Following the offences, Ms Willoughby, who waived her right to anonymity in connection with the charges against Plumb, left This Morning after her 14-year stint on the ITV show. What did Holly Willoughby say about the kidnap plot? Holly Willoughby spoke of the “tough” time she had back in January.
The TV star told The Sunday Times magazine : “It’s been a tough one. There’s no way of sugarcoating it.” She also said that “nothing can prepare you for something like that”, and you need to “decide, I can take this on board and it can absolutely affect all aspects of my life, or I can make a choice to go, let’s focus on everything that’s positive and good, all those important things”.
“I’m healthy and I’m happy,” she added. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Holly Willoughby (@hollywilloughby) “I’ve got a wonderful husband and children and family, I’ve got great friends. You have to go: I choose to positively move forward and rely on all those people – the police, the court, the judge, the jury – all those people to do their role.
And that’s what I had to do.” Willoughby also said she never felt she would crumble as it was “not an option”, and that “so many people go through tough things, they just do”. She said that “every single person I speak to, and it seems more and more currently, are going through something”.
“I think that, although I wouldn’t wish what happened to me on anybody at all, sometimes things go wrong, but you have to keep going for it because that’s all you can do,” she added. When is the new Holly Willoughby documentary on TV and how to watch The documentary, titled The Plot to Kill Holly Willoughby, is on Channel 5 on Thursday, May 1, at 9pm. Recommended reading: Comedian Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assaults Kyle Clifford found guilty of raping ex-partner during triple murder Supreme Court rules legal definition of woman relates to 'biological woman' A tease for the show reads: "In July 2024, 37-year-old Gavin Plumb was convicted of soliciting the kidnap, rape and murder of Holly Willoughby, having spent nearly a decade developing a twisted fixation on the TV presenter.
"He amassed tens of thousands of images, tracked her movements, researched her home and security arrangements, and had recruited other like-minded men to help turn his sick sexual fantasies into reality. "This programme lifts the lid on the truth behind this shocking case, using Plumb's own words to illustrate his horrific plan, while experts in criminal psychology and stalking behaviour chart his pathological obsession, enabled by the dark underbelly of the internet and fuelled by his hatred of women.".
