Gavin Plumb, the man convicted of plotting to kidnap, rape, and murder TV star Holly Willoughby is trying to appeal against his convictions and his sentence, officials have said.

Plumb, from Harlow in Essex, was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of soliciting the murder and inciting the rape and kidnap of Willoughby following a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court earlier this month.

The security guard was handed a minimum term of 16 years.

The 37-year-old has applied for permission to appeal against the convictions and the sentence, officials at the Royal Courts of Justice said on Wednesday.

A judge usually considers such applications without a hearing, and, if refused, a further effort can be made for the bid to be heard by two or three judges at a full court hearing.

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The sentencing judge, Mr Justice Edward Murray, told Plumb earlier this month: “There is no doubt that if you had genuinely found one or more accomplices who were seriously interested in and had been willing to join you in carrying your plan through then you would have put this plan into action.”

Willoughby, 43, issued a statement following the trial, saying women “should not be made to feel unsafe going about our daily lives and in our own homes”.

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The judge sentenced Plumb to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years, minus the 280 days he had spent on remand – taking the total to a minimum jail term of 15 years and 85 days.

Mr Murray said he was satisfied his crimes had changed Willoughby’s life. He praised the TV presenter’s “considerable courage” displayed by waiving her right to anonymity in the case.

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