Overview

• Plumb will challenge his convictions and sentence at the Court of Appeal in London on October 21, according to court listings.
• A Chelmsford Crown Court jury found him guilty of soliciting murder and inciting rape and kidnap, leading to a life sentence with a 16-year minimum term in July.
• The case began after a US undercover officer infiltrated the Abduct Lovers group and shared evidence with the FBI, which alerted UK authorities.
• Essex Police later raided his Harlow flat and seized bottles of chloroform and an abduction kit that included cable ties.
• At sentencing, Mr Justice Murray rejected his claim that the online posts were fantasy, calling aspects of the discussed plans "particularly sadistic, brutal and degrading."