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Man charged over fires at homes linked to PM Keir Starmer | Man charged over fires at homes linked to PM Keir Starmer |
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Police investigate the scene of the fire in Kentish Town | |
A 21-year-old man has been charged after fires at two properties and a car linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the Metropolitan Police has said. | |
Roman Lavrynovych, a Ukrainian national, was charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life on Thursday. | |
He was arrested at an address in Sydenham, south-east London, in the early hours of Tuesday. He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday. | |
The charges relate to three incidents over a four-day period - 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 at in north-west London. | The charges relate to three incidents over a four-day period - 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 at in north-west London. |
The investigation has been led by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command due to its links to a high-profile figure. | |
In the early hours of Monday 12 May, emergency services responded to a fire at the Kentish Town home where Sir Keir Starmer lived before becoming prime minister and moving into 10 Downing Street. | |
Police were alerted by the London Fire Brigade (LFB) to reports of a fire at the residential address at 1.35am. | |
Damage was caused to the property's entrance but nobody was hurt. | |
It is understood the property has been rented out. | |
A car linked to Sir Keir was set alight four days earlier on Thursday May 8 on the same street. | |
In the early hours of Sunday 11 May, firefighters dealt with a small fire at the front door of a house converted into flats in nearby Islington. | |
The BBC understands that the prime minister lived there in the 1990s. |