Romanian, 26, who ‘dreamt of being world's top model' appears in court over ‘firebomb' attacks on Keir Starmer's home
A ROMANIAN who dreamt of being the "world's top model" has appeared in court over alleged firebomb attacks on Keir Starmer's home.
Stanislav Carpiuc, 26, is accused of conspiracy to commit arson with intent after he was arrested at
Luton
Airport by counter terrorism officers.
7
Stanislav Carpiuc appeared in court today
7
The front of Sir Keir Starmer's former home was damaged
Credit: London News Pictures
7
A 4x4 was also allegedly set alight in the same street
Credit: PA
7
Sir Keir condemned the alleged attacks
Credit: AFP
The Romanian national, who was born in Ukraine, is the second man to be charged over the alleged attacks earlier this month.
Carpiuc posted on a modelling website how he started his career "quite recently" and wants to be the top "male model in the world".
He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court where spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and address.
He is accused of with conspiring together with Roman Lavrynovych to damage by property by fire, intending to damage the property, and intending to endanger life following the fires on May 8, 11 and 12.
Carpiuc was denied bail and will
next
appear at the Old Bailey on June 6.
Ukrainian national Lavrynovych is also set to appear on the same date charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life.
A 34-year-old was also arrested on May 19 in the
Chelsea
area on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life. He remains in
police
custody.
London Fire Brigade were scrambled to Starmer's former Kentish Town home at around 1.11am last Monday.
Most read in The Sun
They confirmed there was was "damage" to the front of the townhouse, which the Starmer family lived in before he was Prime Minister, but no one was hurt.
The alleged arson attack was linked to a 4x4 that was parked on the same street and sold to neighbours by Starmer.
Fire Crews were also called to the Islington home on May 11 where one person was taken to safety via an internal staircase.
Officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command led the investigation because of the connections to the PM.
Sir Keir has slammed the alleged arson attacks, saying: "This is an attack on all of us, democracy and the values that we stand for."
7
Carpiuc has been remanded into custody
7
He dreamt of being the top model in the world
7
Roman Lavrynovych has also been charged with arson
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Sunday World
an hour ago
- Sunday World
Irish woman who accused Madeleine McCann suspect of rape says he could've been stopped
Hazel Behan accused Christian Brueckner of raping her at her home in Portugal three years before the tot vanished An Irish woman who accused Madeleine McCann's suspected killer of rape has says he could of been stopped. Hazel Behan accused Christian Brueckner of raping her at her home in Portugal in 2004. He went on trial in 2020, accused of raping the Dublin woman and a number of other women, but was aquitted. She has now said he could have been stopped from attacking other women, and potentially kidnapping and murdering the British tot in 2007. 'I feel that those who were in a position and mandated a position to protect and serve and do their job didn't,' Behan told The State of Us Podcast hosts Tara Mills and Declan Harvey. Hazel Behan at home in Mullingar. Photo: Steve Humphreys 'It also places a huge amount of guilt in me because even though I know I couldn't have done anything more… it doesn't stop the guilt that I have. 'If I had shouted louder, that if I had made more of a fuss at the time, all of these things may not have happened to other people,' she confessed. 'I carry that because of them not doing their job, and that really, really upsets me. 'Like to a point that I feel that they need to be called out for that. 'I don't think all these years later I should be doing all, having to go through all this again because of the ineptitude of a police force.' 'There's people like me and other victims who believe they're victims of Christian Bruckner who have suffered as a result.' It comes as German police began fresh searches in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in connection with the disappearance of 3-year-old Madeline McCann. Search teams investigating Madeleine McCann's disappearance use a digger next to a derelict property close to Praia De Luz, Portugal. Photo: PA The search was reportedly prompted by the discovery of disturbing new evidence found on a hard drive hidden in Brueckner's 'secret lair'. Cops discovered a hard drive containing pictures at a disused factory in Neuwegersleben, Germany, which was purchased by Bruckner in 2008, just one year after the toddler vanished. Details of the find were reported by The Sun and Channel 4. The files were uncovered in 2016 when a dog ran onto the property and appeared to find a grave. When authorities dug, they discovered a deceased dog lying on top of a wallet containing six USB sticks and two memory cards, which reportedly contained disturbing materials. Following this, 100 cops launched a full-scale search, finding children's clothes and toys, as well as masks, chemicals and three black market guns. The sinister items also included stories allegedly written by the German national, one of which detailed the abuse of a four-year-old blonde girl. Missing Madeleine McCann and suspect Christian Brueckner News in 90 Seconds - 6th June 2025 Child abuse images, records of Skype conversations with paedophiles and 75 children's swimming costumes were also found, as well as a metal case of photographs depicting girls believed to be aged four and five. In 2020, Brueckner went on trial accused of five separate counts of rape and sexual assault which prosecutors allege he committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017. One of these charges related to the alleged rape of Westmeath woman Hazel Behan after he broke into her apartment via the balcony while she was sleeping. A court heard that she was raped by him in June 2004 while working as a holiday rep in Portugal. He was acquitted of all charges, but the Irish woman has now lodged an application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) alleging inaction by Portuguese police in identifying and prosecuting Brueckner for her rape. Cops trying to find evidence of Brueckner's involvement in McCann's disappearance are in a race against time as he is expected to be released from prison in later this year. The German is serving time behind bars for the rape of an American woman in Praia da Luz in 2005. Madeline McCann vanished from her family's holiday rental in Praia da Luz two years later in May 2007. Madeleine McCann has been missing since 2007 The tot slept in a bedroom with her two younger twin siblings as their parents dined at a nearby restaurant with their friends. When Madeline's mother, Kate, checked on her children at around 10 pm, Maddie was not there, and the alarm was raised. The case of the missing girl captivated the world, and continues to do so as no trace of the 3-year-old has ever been found, despite an international manhunt to find her. No one has ever been charged in connection with her disappearance. If you've been effected by any of the issues raised in this article, you can contact the Rape Crisis Centre on 1800 77 8888.
RTÉ News
3 hours ago
- RTÉ News
Three drones targeting Moscow shot down, Russia says
Russian air defence forces have shot down three drones attempting to attack Moscow, according to the capital's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. He did not provide further details but said that emergency services were working at the sites where debris had fallen. Russia's aviation watchdog said that Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports in the Moscow region had temporarily suspended operations to ensure flight safety. It announced soon afterwards that services had resumed. Elsewhere, overnight strikes by Ukraine injured three people in the western Tula region, Russian officials said. Earlier, Ukrainian officials said that Russia had carried out a barrage of drone strikes across the country, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv. "Kyiv came under another attack involving UAVs and ballistic missiles" overnight, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine wrote on Telegram. Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that four people had been confirmed dead and 20 were wounded - 16 of whom were hospitalised. Several fires broke out in various districts as a result of the shelling, including at a residential building, a civil infrastructure facility and a metal hangar while train tracks were damaged in the Kyiv area. Strikes also hit the western city of Lutsk and Ternopil region. "Today, the enemy carried out the most massive air attack on our region to date. There are multiple strikes," head of Ternopil's regional military administration Vyacheslav Negoda said. "We have begun extinguishing fires and assessing the damage and other consequences," he added. The shelling in Lutsk wounded five people. "We also have numerous broken windows in private homes, several educational institutions, and one damaged government facility," the city's Mayor, Igor Polishchuk, said on Telegram. Meanwhiile, buildings and cars were damaged in the western city of Khmelnytsky, according to the region's governor. Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to take revenge following a recent drone attack by Ukraine on Russian soil, which destroyed billions of euro worth of nuclear-capable bombers. He appeared to rule out a ceasefire or any direct talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Mr Zelensky said that Russia had issued an "ultimatum", demanding that his country fully pull out of four regions that Moscow claims to have annexed but does not fully control.
Irish Examiner
4 hours ago
- Irish Examiner
Jury resumes deliberations in Harvey Weinstein sex crimes retrial
A Manhattan jury resumed deliberations on Friday in Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes retrial after ending its first day without reaching a verdict in a case that encapsulated the #MeToo movement. The panel, which was handed the case on Thursday morning, has requested to hear a readback of some testimony from two of Weinstein's accusers, as well as to see medical records from one of those women. The jury of seven women and five men is considering two counts of criminal sex act and one count of rape against the 73-year-old Oscar-winning movie producer, with the criminal sex act charges the higher-degree felonies. Harvey Weinstein has denied all the charges against him (Jefferson Siegel /The New York Times via AP, Pool/PA) Weinstein has pleaded not guilty. Sexual misconduct allegations against Weinstein propelled the #MeToo movement in 2017. He was eventually convicted of sex crimes in New York and California, but the New York conviction was overturned last year, leading to the retrial before a new jury and a different judge. Jurors heard more than five weeks of evidence, including lengthy testimony from three accusers.
