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A Ukrainian nationwide has turn into the third man charged in reference to arson assaults at properties and a automobile linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Scotland Yard mentioned Petro Pochynok, 34, has been charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to hazard life by conspiring along with Roman Lavrynovych and Stanislav Carpiuc and “others unknown to damage by fire property belonging to another, intending to damage the property, and intending to endanger the life or another or being reckless as to whether the life of another would thereby be endangered”.

Pochynok is because of seem at Westminster Magistrates’ Court afterward Wednesday.

The cost, which was authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service, pertains to a interval from Thursday, 17 April to Tuesday, 13 May this yr, through which three incidents occurred – a automobile hearth in NW5 on Thursday, May 8, a hearth on the entrance of a property in N7 on Sunday, 11 May and a hearth at a residential deal with in NW5 within the early hours of Monday, 12 May.

All have connections with a high-profile public determine, and subsequently officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command led the investigation into the fires.

Pochynok was arrested on Monday, 19 May, within the Chelsea space, SW3, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to hazard life.

As a part of the identical investigation, Roman Lavrynovych 21 (06.02.04), of Sydenham, a Ukrainian nationwide [A] was charged with three counts of arson with intent to hazard life.

He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 16 May and was remanded in custody to seem on the Old Bailey on 6 June.

Stanislav Carpiuc, 26 (15.07.98) of Romford, a Romanian nationwide, [B] has additionally been charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to hazard life.

He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 20 May and was remanded in custody to seem on the Old Bailey on 6 June.

Anyone with info that would help the investigation ought to name police on 101 quoting CAD 441/12 May.

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