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Man charged over arson attacks on Keir Starmer-linked properties and car Man charged over arson attacks on properties linked to Keir Starmer
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Met counter-terrorism police said a 21-year-old man has been charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life Met counter-terrorism police say 21-year-old Ukrainian faces three counts of arson with intent to endanger life
A man has been charged over a series of suspected arson attacks on two homes and a vehicle linked to Keir Starmer, police have said. A Ukrainian national has been charged over a series of suspected arson attacks on two homes and a vehicle linked to Keir Starmer.
Police said 21-year-old Roman Lavrynovych, a Ukrainian national, was charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life. Police said Roman Lavrynovych, 21, was charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life.
Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command took over an investigation following a spate of fires in north London. Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command took over an investigation after a spate of fires in north London.
Bethan David, head of the Crown Prosecution Service counter terrorism division, said: “These charges relate to two fires at residential addresses in Islington on Sunday May 11 and in Kentish Town on Monday May 12, as well as a car fire in Kentish Town on Thursday May 8.” Lavrynovych was arrested in the early hours of 13 May in Sydenham, south-east London.
Police previously said that a 21-year-old man had been arrested in the early hours of 13 May in Sydenham, south London on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. Bethan David, the head of the Crown Prosecution Service counter-terrorism division, said: “These charges relate to two fires at residential addresses in Islington on Sunday May 11 and in Kentish Town on Monday May 12, as well as a car fire in Kentish Town on Thursday May 8.”
Counter-terrorism detectives investigated three incidents. One was a fire at the prime minister’s family home in north-west London, which he now rents out, which was reported to police by firefighters in the early hours of Monday morning. Counter-terrorism detectives investigated three incidents. One was a fire at the prime minister’s family home in north-west London, which he now lets out. The blaze was reported to police by firefighters in the early hours of Monday.
Police said damage was caused to the property’s entrance and nobody was hurt. Police said damage was caused to the property’s entrance but nobody was hurt.
Lavrynovych is due to appear at Westminster magistrates court on 16 May.Lavrynovych is due to appear at Westminster magistrates court on 16 May.