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Men accused of being approached by Russian contact to attack Starmer-linked assets in London

The Independent·Emma Burrows·about 1 month ago
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A British prosecutor told a court on Wednesday that three men were offered payment by a Russian-speaking contact online to set fire last year to two houses and a car linked to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer . Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson told the court that the men — Ukrainian nationals Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Petro Pochynok, 35; and Stanislav Carpiuc, a 27-year-old Romanian citizen — were involved in setting the blazes in London between May 8 and 12. They are accused of conspiracy to commit arson, but Atkinson said that Lavrynovych was identified by police as the man behind all the fires. He's also charged with damaging two properties by fire with intent to endanger life or being reckless as to whether life was endangered. The men deny the charges against them. The court wasn't told how much money was offered or if anyone was injured in the house fires. “Three fires in the same area within five days would be pretty unusual.…

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