A shopping centre security officer said "restraining and getting" TV presenter Holly Willoughby was his "ultimate fantasy for way too long", a court has heard.
Ms Willoughby has waived her right to anonymity in connection with an accusation against Plumb of assisting or encouraging rape. The court heard that Plumb had accumulated "many hundreds" of images of Ms Willoughby which he had accessed online, and his "obsessive behaviour extended to other celebrities and to women who lived in his local area".
Ms Morgan told the court that Plumb had purchased items such as metal cable ties which would "assist him in carrying out the attack".In her opening remarks to the jury on Monday, she said: "In October 2023, this defendant, Gavin Plumb, engaged in an online discussion with a person he believed to be called David Nelson.
"They were real to him, members of the jury, and were based on an obsession with Holly Willoughby that had developed over a number of years."