An "obsessed" security guard who allegedly plotted to kidnap, rape and kill Holly Willoughby had millions of images of women on his phone when he was arrested, a court has heard.
Gavin Plumb, 37, is charged with arranging to commit "sexually motivated" murder and abduction of the former This Morning anchor last October, reports the Mirror.
Plumb is said to have spent nearly two years planning his twisted scheme, describing it as his "ultimately fantasy", adding: "Fantasy isn't enough anymore. I want the real thing."
Prosecutor Alison Morgan KC began examining evidence before jurors at Chelmsford Crown Court, with Detective Constable William Belsham of Essex Police in the witness box on Tuesday afternoon, June 25.
The officer said that Plumb was using a mobile phone when he was arrested on October 4, 2023, and it was kept unlocked while they filmed some of the messages on it using body-worn cameras.
The cop said Plumb did not initially provide a PIN for the device, but that this was later volunteered by his lawyers and officers sent the phone away for a full download.
Ms Morgan said there were a "vast number" of photos of Holly Willoughby and other celebs on Plumb's devices when he was held.
She asked the officer: "We are talking about so many images you couldn't look at every single one?"
Mr Belsham said: "More than tens of thousands, over-all in the millions." Officers examined 10 per cent of the images and there were 10,322 of Holly, the court has heard.
Wearing a grey tracksuit top, obese and balding Plumb sat next to a prison guard in the dock as the evidence against him was read out today.
A chronology of his communications and internet searches showed he had looked for "how to meet people who plan to kidnap celebrities" and "what does it feel like to be raped" and "where (sic) Jewish women raped in the war".
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Plumb said in a WhatsApp message that he would make Holly Willoughby give "full permission" for him and another man to "do as we please to her", a court heard.
In a message to a man he connected with, online called Marc, he wrote: "Get her to cnc give us full permission to do as we please to her."
A second message from Plumb added: "Consensual non consent we'll make her say we're aloud (sic) to do whatever we want to her and record it."
Plumb denies soliciting murder, incitement to rape and incitement to kidnap, and the trial continues.
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