A shopping centre security officer on trial over a plot to kidnap, rape and murder television presenter Holly Willoughby had made failed kidnap attempts before, a court has heard.
Chelmsford Crown Court was told that Gavin Plumb had tied a 16-year-old girl's hands up with rope and tape, and had attempted to force two different women off a train with him with the threat of a gun.She said Plumb's previous kidnap attempts"tell you that this defendant knew what it would take to terrify and overpower a woman"."He sat opposite her and stared at her, before showing her a note which said: 'I have got a gun. All you have to do is keep quiet.
"She refused to get off the train with him but when she did get off the train, she reported the matter to the police. Ms Morgan also told the court that, two years later, two 16-year-olds who worked at a shop in Harlow, Essex, were also the subject of approaches by Plumb."The defendant approached them and said 'Get to the back of the stockroom'," she said.
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