Two men convicted of arson against Starmer linked homes

Two men have been convicted for their roles in a series of arson attacks on properties linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a plot allegedly orchestrated by an unidentified online figure. The verdicts were delivered on Monday at London's Old Bailey court following a trial that detailed a scheme to intimidate the nation's leader.

Ukrainian national Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Stanislav Carpiuc, a 27-year-old Romanian citizen born in Ukraine, were found guilty of conspiracy to damage property by fire. Lavrynovych was also convicted on two counts of arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered. A third defendant, Petro Pochynok, 35, was acquitted of the conspiracy charge.

The attacks occurred over several days in May 2025. On May 8, a Toyota RAV4 previously owned by Starmer was set alight in Kentish Town, north London. Three nights later, a fire was discovered at an apartment building in Islington that was managed by a company in which the prime minister had once been a shareholder. In the early hours of May 12, a blaze was set at the entrance of Starmer's former home in Kentish Town, which was being rented by his sister-in-law, Judith Alexander, and her family.