Security guard to be sentenced for Holly Willoughby kidnap, rape and murder plot

Gavin Plumb is to be sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court over a plot to kidnap, rape and murder Holly Willoughby (Essex Police/PA)

A security guard faces jail for a plot to kidnap, rape and murder the TV presenter Holly Willoughby when he is sentenced on Friday.

Gavin Plumb, 37, was snared after a US undercover police officer infiltrated an online group called Abduct Lovers and became so concerned about Plumb’s posts that evidence was passed to the FBI.