Holly Willoughby has broken her silence on Gavin Plumb‘s plot to kidnap, rape and murder her – thanking the police and her legal team who brought him to justice.
The former This Morning host released a statement Thursday – less than two hours after he was convicted in which she also praised the security guard’s previous female victims after their evidence helped find him guilty.
Holly, 43, who was praised by police for her courage, said: ‘As women we should not be made to feel unsafe going about our daily lives and in our own homes.
SHE IS GRATEFUL
‘I will forever be grateful to the undercover police officer who understood the imminent threat, and to the Metropolitan and Essex police forces for their swift response.
‘Thank you to the Crown Prosecution Service, the Rt Hon Mr Justice Murray, Alison Morgan KC, the members of the jury and all involved in this case for ensuring that justice was done and that the defendant will not be able to harm any more women.
‘I would also like to commend the bravery of his previous victims for speaking up at the time. Without their bravery this conviction may not have been possible.’
WHAT PLUMB SAID IN HIS DEFENSE
Plumb, 37, claimed he wasn’t physically capable of abducting the former This Morning presenter, had no one qualified to drive to her London home, and that vile conversations he had with ‘like-minded’ people in dark recesses of the internet were ‘just online chat’.
HE IS GUILTY
But a jury took 12 hours and 19 minutes to find him guilty after being presented with a raft of shocking evidence, including a chloroform restraint kit that he planned to use it to kidnap Ms Willoughby.
He then planned to take the TV presenter to an isolated stud farm for sexual torture, kill her and dump her body in a lake.
