Man faces court over fires at homes and car linked to Starmer

A Ukrainian antheral has been remanded successful custody aft appearing successful tribunal charged successful transportation with fires astatine 2 properties and a car linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Roman Lavrynovych, 21, is accused of 3 counts of arson with intent to endanger beingness pursuing the fires astatine assorted locations crossed northbound London.

He spoke lone to corroborate his name, day of commencement and code astatine a abbreviated proceeding astatine Westminster Magistrates' Court connected Friday.

He was arrested astatine an code successful Sydenham, south-east London, successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday and charged connected Thursday.

The unit said officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terror Command led the probe due to the fact that of the connections to a high-profile nationalist figure.

In the aboriginal hours of Monday, the exigency services responded to a occurrence astatine the Kentish Town location wherever Sir Keir lived earlier becoming premier curate and moving into 10 Downing Street.

Police were alerted by the London Fire Brigade to reports of a occurrence astatine the residential code astatine 01:35.

Damage was caused to the property's entranceway but cipher was hurt.

A car linked to Sir Keir was acceptable alight successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday, 8 May successful the aforesaid street.

In the aboriginal hours of Sunday, firefighters dealt with a tiny occurrence astatine the beforehand doorway of a location converted into flats successful adjacent Islington, which is besides linked to the premier minister.

One idiosyncratic was assisted to information via an interior staircase by crews wearing breathing apparatus, the occurrence brigade said.