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Holly 'grateful' after kidnap plot ordeal
New UK
|July 15, 2024
Holly Willoughby has thanked police for foiling a plot to kidnap, rape and murder her, after waiving her right to anonymity
Holly Willoughby made an emotional yet defiant statement following security guard Gavin Plumb's conviction for planning to kidnap, rape and murder her.
Her relief that the nine-month ordeal was finally over was clear, as she said she would be "forever grateful" to those who stopped the 37-year-old from executing his twisted plans.
The jury spent 12 hours and 19 minutes deliberating the evidence before returning their guilty verdicts on Thursday and Holly, 43, released her statement less than two hours later.
Plumb wept as he was sent down to the cells after the jury rejected his defence that the detailed plotting was simply a "dark, twisted fantasy".
This story is from the July 15, 2024 edition of New UK.
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