Man arrested at Luton Airport over fires at houses linked to Sir Keir Starmer | EUROtoday

Man arrested at Luton Airport over fires at houses linked to Sir Keir Starmer
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A second man has been arrested in reference to arson assaults on properties linked to prime minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Counter-terror officers arrested a 26-year-old man at Luton Airport on Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to hazard life, in response to an announcement from the Metropolitan Police.

The arrest, which befell shortly earlier than 2pm, follows a collection of fires at properties linked to Sir Keir Starmer.

Police have been referred to as by the London Fire Brigade to reviews of a hearth at an tackle in Kentish Town at 1.35am on Monday. Damage was prompted to the doorway of the property, the place Sir Keir lived along with his household earlier than they moved into 10 Downing Street, however nobody was injured.

A automobile linked to Sir Keir was set alight within the early hours of Thursday 8 May in the identical avenue.

In the early hours of Sunday 11 May, firefighters handled a small hearth on the entrance door of a home transformed into flats in close by Islington, which can also be linked to Sir Keir.

Roman Lavrynovych, a 21-year-old Ukrainian man, has already been charged with three counts of arson with intent to hazard life in reference to the fires.

Lavrynovych, of Sydenham, south-east London, denied arson in a police interview.

He appeared in court docket on Friday and was remanded in custody till an extra listening to on the Old Bailey scheduled for six June.

Senior District Judge Paul Goldspring informed him: “The three charges you face are indictable only. That means I’m obliged to allocate them to the crown court. In this case that means the Central Criminal Court for a plea hearing on 6 June.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/starmer-fire-arson-arrest-police-b2752985.html