Two men were convicted at the Old Bailey on Monday, June 15th, of a series of arson attacks on property connected to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Ukrainian Roman Lavrynovych (22) and Ukrainian-born Romanian Stanislav Carpiuc (27) of Romford, east London, were found guilty of plotting to damage houses with links to the PM. Two of the fires were started in Kentish Town, north London, in May last year.
During the same five-day crime spree, a Toyota car previously owned by Starmer was also torched, and, three nights later, a fire was reported at a nearby house managed by a company of which the prime minister had once been a director and shareholder.
Another Ukrainian national—Petro Pochynok (35) of Holloway, also north London—was cleared of the same charge, conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.
The two convicted men told the court they were offered money to commit the attacks by a Russian-speaking contact operating under the codename “El Money” on the messaging app Telegram.
The defendants were remanded in custody ahead of a sentencing hearing on Friday.
Even given the usual reporting restrictions, the high profile of the alleged target led to the British press being mocked for its apparent lack of curiosity concerning the story. Previously, europeanconservative.com reported on the arrests of both Lavrynovych and Carpiuc.
