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Starmer arson accused tells court he didn’t know who PM was: ‘I just knew Boris Johnson’

The Independent·Pol Allingham·21 days ago
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A man who set fire to property linked to Sir Keir Starmer has told a court he did not know of the Prime Minister and “just knew Boris Johnson”. Roman Lavrynovych, 22, is accused, along with Stanislav Carpiuc and Petro Pochynok, of arson attacks on a vehicle and two houses in north London linked to Sir Keir. A Toyota Rav4 car which once belonged to Sir Keir was burnt out in Kentish Town in the early hours of May 8 last year. The blaze was only treated as suspicious after two more attacks on property connected to the Prime Minister days later. Lavrynovych, a Ukrainian national, was asked if he knew the name Sir Keir Starmer while giving evidence at the Old Bailey on Monday. He said through a translator: “No I didn’t know, I was not aware of (him) and I was not interested – I just knew Boris Johnson.” A taskmaster known as El Money instructed Lavrynovych to carry out the attacks and promised him cryptocurrency payment in return, the court has heard.…

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