Holly kidnap accused had 'found farm where he planned to hold her'

Jury told of Plumb's boast

- TOM PETTIFOR

GAVIN Plumb claimed he had found an abandoned farm with cells where he could imprison Holly Willoughby, a court heard.

In a WhatsApp exchange read to the court by prosecutor Alison Morgan KC, Plumb, 37, allegedly told an Irishman called Marc: "We've got somewhere in the country to keep her." Plumb said it was "a stud farm that's abandoned". He then added: "It's got cells." The court heard how.

Plumb also posted a photo of Holly and wrote: "She's wearing things like this for a reason, which is to tease us guys - she's getting punishment for all the teasing." Plumb boasted of having created an AI chatbot to simulate former This Morning host Holly, 43.

The court was told that police found 86 videos of Holly on his phone that had been generated by AI, the images manipulated to move in time with added speech.

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