UK - Gavin Plumb, 36, arrested and charged with plot to kidnap and kill ITV presenter Holly Willoughby - Harlow, 4 Oct 2023

[CatsnChickens]

Holly Willoughby: Gavin Plumb guilty in kidnap and murder plot

Gavin Plumb created a tool kit for sexual violence against the TV star to fulfil an "ultimate fantasy".

www.bbc.co.uk

Guilty

 

[Parker Knoll]

Vile lump.

 

[Kasmeer]

Good, he's so clearly a very very dangerous man, everything I heard about him is terrifying. The only problem is, because he thankfully wasn't successful in his plans, I'm not sure how large a sentence he can actually be given (the sentences quoted for his past offences are really low) - in my opinion he really needs whole life for public protection, but as it is... well I hope the judge can find as much as possible, and the parole board are really strict on assessing his risk to the public when the time comes.

Holly Willoughby: Gavin Plumb guilty in kidnap and murder plot

Gavin Plumb created a tool kit for sexual violence against the TV star to fulfil an "ultimate fantasy".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Parker Knoll]

If he hadn’t been morbidly obese and the plan was actually credible who knows what could have happened.

 

[CatsnChickens]

The BBC are covering his sentencing live

Man sentenced to life for Holly Willoughby kidnap and murder plot

Gavin Plumb, 37, had an "unhealthy sexual obsession" with the TV presenter and was "dangerous", a judge has said.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The trial was told that Plumb's plans were foiled when a potential accomplice who he spoke to online turned out to be an undercover officer from the Owatonna Police Department in the US state of Minnesota.

Plumb 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.

When Plumb was arrested on October 4 last year and officers told him that the allegations concerned Ms Willoughby, the defendant told them: "I'm not gonna lie, she is a fantasy of mine."

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[Legally Bland]

The BBC are covering his sentencing live

Man sentenced to life for Holly Willoughby kidnap and murder plot

Gavin Plumb, 37, had an "unhealthy sexual obsession" with the TV presenter and was "dangerous", a judge has said.

www.bbc.co.uk

From the link:

Gavin Plumb has been sentenced to life in prison.

Justice Murray says although his offenses concern only one woman, he poses a serious risk to all women.

The judge says that if he had been sentencing him to a determinate sentence, taking into account numerous aggravating factors and limiting mitigating factors, but avoiding double counting, he would have sentenced him to concurrent sentences of 24 years imprisonment for each offence.

Because he would have served up to two third of that sentence in custody, the fixed the minimum would be 16 years.

The judge reduces that minimum term by number of days spent on remand in custody, so this means that the minimum term that he will serve before the parole board may consider the possible release 15 years and 85 days.

 

[Sarahlou]

That's a better sentence than I was expecting even though I wish it was longer.

 

[Parker Knoll]

Glad this dangerous lump is in prison now for at least 16 years.
This is terrifying and clearly the HW connection and the prosecution have thrown everything at this, however this is happening to women and girls the world over who do not have the same influence.
JMO

 

[Kasmeer]

More than I expected, glad to hear, especially as it being a life sentence means he can be recalled at any time if he's caught doing anything else, however minor (which seems somewhat likely, I doubt any amount of time will make him no longer dangerous). Hopefully the parole board aren't feeling kind to him when the 16 years is up.

 

[StillDiggin]

Holly Willoughby stalker 'applies for permission to appeal'

Holly Willoughby 's deranged stalker Gavin Plumb is trying to appeal his convictions for plotting to kidnap, rape and murder the television presenter.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Parker Knoll]

Unsurprisingly predictable.