Ukrainian man convicted for arson at residence of UK PM’s sister

A Ukrainian man was found guilty on Monday of committing an arson attack on a property linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in May last year.

Over five days, police were called to fires at a house in north London connected to Starmer, another at a property nearby where he used to live and his sister-in-law still does, and to a blaze involving a Toyota car that also used to ​belong to the British leader, News.Az reports, citing The Jerusalem Post.

Roman Lavrynovych, 22, was found guilty at London's Old Bailey Court of two counts of committing arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered. He was acquitted of two counts of committing arson with intent to risk life.

Lavrynovych and Romanian ​national Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, who was born in Ukraine, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit arson. Fellow Ukrainian Petro Pochynok, 35, was acquitted of the same charge.

News.Az 

By Ulviyya Salmanli