The trial of a man who last year plotted to kidnap and murder former This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby begins in Essex today
A man has gone on trial accused of plotting to kidnap, rape and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby .
Ms Willoughby waived her right to anonymity in connection with the charge of assisting or encouraging rape. Alleged victims of sex offences or targets of sex offence conspiracies have a right to automatic anonymity for life from the moment an allegation is made by them or anyone else.
The court heard the defendant had told others online he had been sent to prison for offences of false imprisonment and kidnap to "bolster his credibility". His earlier offences were detailed to the court, which the prosecution argued "tell you that this defendant knew what it would take to terrify and overpower a woman."
She said the images were "highly sexualised". Ms Morgan told the jury that Plumb told Marc: "It's been my ultimate fantasy for way too long. Fantasy isn't enough any more. I want the real thing." Outlining how Plumb came to be arrested, Ms Morgan said: "What the defendant did not know then, was that the person that he was communicating with online was an undercover police officer based in the USA and not, in fact, a like-minded abductor. The defendant's planning of the offences was then interrupted and he was arrested by the police."
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