The defendant was arrested after revealing his alleged plot to a US undercover police officer online.
A security guard checked out an abandoned stud farm to keep Holly Willoughby as part of a plan to kidnap her, a court heard.He allegedly told another man online she would be put in a van before being taken to her "new home and new way of living".
Mr Plumb sent a potential accomplice a video in 2023 of restraint "kit" items laid out on a bed, the court heard. Alison Morgan KC, prosecuting, read out a WhatsApp exchange where the defendant said: "We've got somewhere in the country to keep her, Ryan is interested again by the looks of it."Mr Plumb said it was "a stud farm that's abandoned", adding: "It's got cells."The defendant told Marc he was "looking more towards a home invasion", before he would "get control of her" and "pick up some outfits".
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