Criminal proxies jailed for arson attacks targeting Keir Starmer

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTwo people, Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, have been jailed for a total of nine years for plotting and carrying out arson attacks targeting properties linked to prime minister Keir Starmer. The attacks, which occurred in May last year, included setting fire to a car previously owned by Sir Keir, a block of flats where he used to live, and his former home in Kentish Town, which was then occupied by his sister-in-law and her family. The pair were acting under instructions from a shadowy Russian-speaking Telegram account named 'El Money', which offered Lavrynovych £3,000 in cryptocurrency to film the blazes and ensure they gained media attention. At the Old Bailey, Judge Mr Justice Garnham sentenced Lavrynovych to seven years' imprisonment, while Carpiuc received a two-year sentence, with mitigation arguing Lavrynovych was 'used' and Carpiuc was helping a friend. Lavrynovych was also convicted of damaging two properties by fire, being reckless as to whether life was endangered, with one incident involving a resident escaping to the roof and another where Sir Keir's sister-in-law was woken by an orange glow at her front door. In fullArson plotters recruited to target Keir Starmer by Russian-speaking handler jailedThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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