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BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
Man bailed over fires at homes linked to PM
A fourth man who was arrested over a series of fires connected to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been released on bail, the Metropolitan Police has 48-year-old, who has not been named, was arrested on Monday at London's Stansted Airport after initially being stopped by officers under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act was later arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger Wednesday, the Met Police said he had been released on bail to a date in July. Three men have already been charged in connection with three incidents - a vehicle fire in Kentish Town, north London, a fire at the prime minister's private home on the same street and a fire at an address that he previously lived in Islington, north Petro Pochynok, 34, and Roman Lavrynovych, 21, and Ukrainian-born Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc, 26, are all due to appear at the Old Bailey on Lavrynovych, of Sydenham, is charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger Carpiuc, of Romford, and Mr Pochynok, of north London, are charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger the early hours of 12 May, a fire took place at the home where Sir Keir lived before he became prime minister and moved into Downing Street.A car was set alight in the same street four days earlier on 8 other fire took place on 11 May at the front door of a house converted into flats in Islington.
The Guardian
4 days ago
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- The Guardian
Fourth man arrested over fires at properties linked to Keir Starmer
A fourth man has been arrested over suspected arson attacks on two properties and a car linked to Keir Starmer. The 48-year-old was arrested at Stansted airport in Essex on Monday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life. Three men have already been charged in connection with the fires, the Ukrainians Petro Pochynok, 34, and Roman Lavrynovych, 21, and a Ukrainian-born Romanian national, Stanislav Carpiuc, 26, who are all due to appear at the Old Bailey on Friday. Lavrynovych, of Sydenham in south-east London, is charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life. Pochynok, of Holloway Road in Islington, north London, and Carpiuc, of Chadwell Heath, east London, are accused of conspiring to commit arson with intent to endanger life. Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command took over the investigation after a spate of fires in north London. One was a fire at the prime minister's family home in north-west London, which he lets to his sister-in-law. The blaze was reported to police by firefighters in the early hours of 12 May. Police said damage was caused to the property's entrance but nobody was hurt. A car Starmer sold to a neighbour last year was set alight four days earlier on the same street. On 11 May, firefighters dealt with a small fire at the front door of a house where the Labour leader is understood to have lived in the 1990s before it was converted into flats. One person was helped to safety by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus, the London fire brigade said. Carpiuc was arrested last month at Luton airport. He was charged in court where he denied being present at the scene of any of the fires. A Russian-language interpreter was involved in translating proceedings for him. Jay Nutkins, a barrister appearing for Carpiuc, said the suspect had lived in the UK for nine years and had recently finished a two-year business studies degree at Canterbury Christ Church University. He was now working in construction and living in east London. Lavrynovych was the first person to be arrested and charged. The BBC reported that he worked as a builder and roofer. He was remanded in custody after appearing at Westminster magistrates court on 16 May. He was assisted by an interpreter who spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and address. He did not enter a plea.
Associated Press
4 days ago
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- Associated Press
Fourth man arrested over fires at properties linked to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
LONDON (AP) — British police said Monday that a fourth man has been arrested in connection to a series of fires at properties and a car linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The 48-year-old man, who hasn't been identified, was arrested at Stansted Airport near London on Monday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life. No one was injured in the fires that occurred between May 8 and May 12 at a house owned by Starmer, a building where he once lived and a car that he had owned. Three men have already been charged in connection with the fires: Ukrainians Petro Pochynok, 34, and Roman Lavrynovych, 21, and Ukrainian-born Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc, 26. They are being held without bail before a June 6 hearing at London's Central Criminal Court. Last week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed a report in the Financial Times that said U.K. security officials were looking into whether Russia was involved in the attacks. Counterterrorism detectives led the investigation because it involves the prime minister. Starmer called the fires 'an attack on all of us, on democracy and the values that we stand for.' Starmer and his family had moved out of his north London home after he was elected in July, and they live at the prime minister's official Downing Street residence. A Toyota RAV4 that Starmer once owned was set ablaze on May 8, just down the street from the house where he lived before he became prime minister. The door of an apartment building where he once lived was set on fire on May 11, and on May 12 the doorway of his home was charred after being set ablaze.
The Independent
4 days ago
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- The Independent
Fourth man arrested at Stansted Airport over fires at properties linked to Keir Starmer
A fourth man has been arrested as part of an investigation into a series of fires at properties in north London linked to Sir Keir Starmer. The 48-year-old was detained at Stansted Airport on Monday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life, the Met Police said. Three other men have been charged on suspicion of arson after two fires took place in Kentish Town, north London on 12 May. On 11 May, the front door of a house converted into flats in Islington was set alight. And on 8 May, a car was set ablaze. Ukrainian national Petro Pochynok, 34, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court last month accused of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life. It is alleged that he conspired with fellow Ukrainian Roman Lavrynovych and Ukrainian-born Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc. Lavrynovych, 21, of Sydenham, south-east London, was charged in May with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life in connection with the fires. Carpiuc, 26, of Romford in east London, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court in May and was also remanded in custody.
Daily Mail
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Russia denies links to Keir Starmer 'arson attacks' after three were charged
Russia has denied any role in a series of arson attacks on property linked to Sir Keir Starmer, after three men were charged over the incidents. Police say that two Ukrainians and a Romanian who have been charged over the incidents, involving two houses and a car linked to the Prime Minister, had conspired with 'others unknown'. Senior official sources have disclosed that MI5 is examining potential links between the three men and Vladimir Putin 's regime. Although no one was injured in the fires, any suggestion that the attacks on a British Prime Minister had been ordered by the Vladimir Putin would represent an extraordinary escalation in tensions between the two countries. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has now denied any link to the incidents, calling the accusations 'false, unsubstantiated' and 'ridiculous'. It went on to say that London accuses Moscow of being responsible for all the bad things that happens in Britain. The three suspects, Petro Pochynok, 34, Stanislav Carpiuc, 26, and Roman Lavrynovych, 21, have been charged with conspiring to damage a house currently rented out by Sir Keir in Kentish Town, north London, another in nearby Islington where he previously lived, and a car he sold to a neighbour last year. Builder Lavrynovych, an aspiring model who lives in Sydenham in south-east London, is originally from Ukraine and was the first to be held in connection with the alleged plot, having been arrested in the early hours of May 13. Carpiuc, from Romford, Essex, was arrested by counter-terrorism officers at Luton Airport last Saturday as he prepared to catch a Wizz Air flight to Romania. He is a Romanian national who was born in Ukraine, and also describes himself as an aspiring model. When he appeared before Westminster magistrates last week, Carpiuc needed the help of a Russian-speaking translator. Pochynok, who lives in Holloway, north London, calls himself a fashion entrepreneur on social media and was arrested on Monday in Chelsea, west London. All three deny the charges and have been remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on June 6. Sarah Przybyiska, for the prosecution, told Westminster Magistrates' Court that 'at this stage the alleged offending is unexplained'. But multiple Whitehall sources have told the MoS that police and MI5 are probing the possibility the Kremlin may have ordered the attacks in response to Britain's support for Ukraine in its war against Russia. Intelligence experts say Russia recruits foreigners to launch attacks as Kremlin spies have been expelled from Europe. Although Scotland Yard have refused to comment on the case, sources at the Met have said they are 'keeping an open mind' about the three attacks. A Government source cautioned that investigators have not 'connected the dots' that conclusively link these attacks back to the Kremlin. The source added that officials are also probing whether other elements in Russia, from militia organisations to criminal gangs, may have recruited the trio. The Met's Counter-Terrorism Command has led the investigation from the outset because of the links to the Prime Minister, who has described the fires as 'an attack on all of us, on democracy, and the values that we stand for'. The Kremlin has ramped up attacks in Britain and across Europe in the past 18 months as Putin's war in Ukraine rages on. Earlier this month, six Bulgarians were found guilty of spying for Russia in trying to obtain information on UK-based journalists, and last year MI6 chief Richard Moore warned that Russia's intelligence services have 'gone a bit feral' across Europe. In March, prosecutors in Lithuania accused Russia's intelligence service, the GRU, of recruiting two Ukrainians to carry out an arson attack on an Ikea store. Russians have also been accused of being behind an arson attack on a Warsaw shopping centre last year and placing coffins under the Eiffel Tower inscribed with 'French soldiers in the Ukraine '. Last year the Biden administration received intelligence that Russia was planning to send exploding parcels to the US, which could have led to planes being downed mid-Atlantic. Police say a Toyota Rav4 hybrid the PM had sold to a neighbour was set alight in the early hours of May 8 on a street in Kentish Town. And early on May 11 a small fire started on the front door of a property in Islington where Sir Keir lived in the 1990s. Then, on May 12, there was a fire at a home in Kentish Town on the same street as the Toyota, damaging its front entrance. The £2 million house is still owned by Sir Keir, who has rented it to his sister-in-law since moving into Downing Street last year. Westminster magistrates heard that Carpiuc and Pochynok were in the area at the time the vehicle was set ablaze, and Lavrynovych was nearby when the Kentish Town house was set on fire. Western spies say they have recently uncovered Russian plots to bomb aeroplanes, torch public buildings and assassinate high-profile figures who back Ukraine. A Whitehall source said: 'Everyone is genuinely keeping an open mind about this.'
