Security guard's alleged plot to kidnap Holly Willoughby was not 'viable' because he could not drive...

LISTEN:A security guard's alleged plot to kidnap Holly Willoughby was not 'viable' because he could not drive and was too overweight to get over a 9ft-high wall at the star's home, his barrister told jurors today.

But today his defence counsel, Sasha Wass KC, said the 'fun' of the fantasy 'was the planning' and not its execution. Pictured is Ms Willoughby on Dancing On Ice earlier this year The prosecution claim he intended to knock out the former This Morning presenter and her husband, Dan Baldwin, 49, before holding her in a 'dungeon-style' room.

'And when he spoke of slitting Ms Willoughby's throat, covering her in bleach and putting her in a lake, this is something he intended. Podcast All episodes Play on Apple Spotify Accepting Plumb's comments were 'vile and misogynistic', she told the jury: 'I'm sure all of you were horrified when these messages were read out in court.

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