Third man arrested over ‘arson attacks’ on properties linked to Keir Starmer
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A third man has been arrested over alleged arson attacks on London properties with connections to the Prime Minister.
The man, 34, was arrested this morning in Chelsea on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.
He was taken into custody.
Another man, who has not been named, was arrested at Luton Airport on Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.
Roman Lavrynovych, a 21-year-old Ukrainian man, was charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life in connection with the fires.
Lavrynovych, of Sydenham, south east London, denied arson in a police interview.
He appeared in court on Friday and was remanded in custody until a further hearing at the Old Bailey scheduled for June 6.
The arrests come after a small fire broke out at the front door of Sir Keir’s home in Kentish Town on May 12. The door was reportedly doused in an accelerant and set light.
Locals described hearing a ‘loud bang’ moments before the fire erupted.
A second blaze occurred at the front door of a house converted into flats in Islington that the Labour leader had previously lived in on May 11.
While a 4×4 he reportedly sold to a neighbour was set alight on May 8.
No one was hurt in any of the fires.
Sir Keir has described the fires as ‘an attack on democracy’.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said she was ‘horrified’ to hear about the ‘completely unacceptable’ incidents.
The Prime Minister is reportedly renting his Kentish Town home to his sister-in-law.
Whether she was at home at the time of the fire is unclear.
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