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| Second person charged over fires at Keir Starmer-linked properties | Second person charged over fires at Keir Starmer-linked properties |
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| Man, 26, was arrested at Luton airport on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life | Man, 26, was arrested at Luton airport on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life |
| A second person has been charged over fires at two properties and a car linked to Keir Starmer, after an investigation by counter-terrorism detectives. | |
| The Met police said Stanislav Carpiuc, a 26-year-old Romanian national, had been charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life. | The Met police said Stanislav Carpiuc, a 26-year-old Romanian national, had been charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life. |
| Carpiuc was arrested on Saturday at Luton airport . He will appear at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday. | |
| He is accused of conspiring with Roman Lavrynovych, who has already been charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life, and others unknown. | He is accused of conspiring with Roman Lavrynovych, who has already been charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life, and others unknown. |
| Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command took over an investigation after 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. |
| Detectives investigated three incidents. One was a fire at the prime minister’s family home in north-west London, which he now lets out to his sister-in-law. The blaze was reported to police by firefighters in the early hours of Monday last week. Police said damage was caused to the property’s entrance but no one was hurt. | |
| A car that Starmer had sold to a neighbour last year was set alight four days earlier on the same street. | A car that Starmer had sold to a neighbour last year was set alight four days earlier on the same street. |
| On 11 May, firefighters dealt with a small fire at the front door of a house where the prime minister is understood to have lived in the 1990s, before it was converted into flats. One person was helped to safety by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus, the London fire brigade said. | On 11 May, firefighters dealt with a small fire at the front door of a house where the prime minister is understood to have lived in the 1990s, before it was converted into flats. One person was helped to safety by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus, the London fire brigade said. |
| Police have arrested three people in total over the fires. A third man, 34, was arrested in Chelsea, London, on Monday. | Police have arrested three people in total over the fires. A third man, 34, was arrested in Chelsea, London, on Monday. |
| Last week Lavrynovych, a 21-year-old Ukrainian national, was charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life. He was the first person to be arrested, last Tuesday morning in Sydenham, south-east London. | Last week Lavrynovych, a 21-year-old Ukrainian national, was charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life. He was the first person to be arrested, last Tuesday morning in Sydenham, south-east London. |