Back to the case of the fires linked to Sir Keir Starmer. Now a third man has been charged over arson attacks on properties belonging to the Prime Minister. A 34-year-old Ukrainian national, Petro Pochynok, has been charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.
It comes after two other men were charged in connection with the arson attacks. On Tuesday, 26-year-old Stanislav Carpiuc, a Romanian national, was charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life. Last week 21-year-old Roman Lavrynovych, a Ukrainian national living in London, was charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life and appeared at Westminster magistrates’ court on Friday.
The London Fire Brigade and the police had attended one of the properties shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Monday 12 May. While the door to the four-bedroom home was damaged, no one was hurt. Later that evening it was revealed that counterterrorism officers were investigating a blaze at a second property linked to Starmer as well as a vehicle fire.
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