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Two Ukrainian men guilty of arson attacks targeting Keir Starmer
Prosecutors said the attacks were carried out for payment and filmed for a Russian-speaking Telegram contact.
- On Monday, a jury at London's Old Bailey Court found Ukrainian Roman Lavrynovych and Romanian Stanislav Carpiuc guilty of conspiracy to commit arson targeting properties linked to British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
- A shadowy Telegram contact known as 'El Money' orchestrated the attacks, offering Lavrynovych £3,000 in cryptocurrency if the fires were filmed and broadcast on news outlets.
- Over five days, defendants targeted a Toyota Rav4 in Kentish Town, a house there, and an Ellington Street property in Islington, with fires posing serious risk to sleeping occupants.
- Commander Helen Flanagan of Counter Terrorism Policing London stated the attacks lacked ideological motivation, with defendants acting as criminal proxies solely to 'cause concern' and 'disruption' in the UK.
- Justice Garnham remanded both defendants into custody for sentencing on Friday, while fellow Ukrainian Petro Pochynok was acquitted of the same conspiracy charge during the trial.
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