Second man charged over fires at house linked to PM

A second man has been remanded in custody after showing in courtroom charged in relation to suspected arson at two properties and to a automotive linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the Metropolitan Police has mentioned.

Romanian nationwide Stanislav Carpiuc, 26, from Romford, was charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to hazard life following the fires in north London.

He was arrested on 17 Could at London’s Luton Airport and appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom on Tuesday morning.

The costs relate to 3 incidents – a automobile fireplace in Kentish City, north London, a hearth on the prime minister’s personal house on the identical road and a hearth at an tackle that he beforehand lived at in north-west London.

Mr Carpiuc is accused of conspiring with Ukrainian nationwide Roman Lavrynovych, 21, and others to “harm by fireplace property belonging to a different, intending to break the property, aspiring to endanger the lifetime of one other or being reckless as as to whether the lifetime of one other would thereby be endangered”, the Met mentioned.

Mr Lavrynovych, of Sydenham, appeared in courtroom on Friday charged with three counts of arson with intent to hazard life. He denied the fees in a police interview.

The chief Justice of the Peace, District Choose Paul Goldspring, remanded Mr Stanislav in custody till 6 June when he’ll seem alongside Mr Lavrynovych on the Outdated Bailey.

Mr Carpiuc, who was born in Ukraine however has Romanian nationality, used a Russian language interpreter in courtroom. He works in building and lives in Chadwell Heath, Romford.

A 3rd man, aged 34, was arrested on Monday within the Chelsea space on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to hazard life. He has not been named by police.

On Thursday 8 Could, a automotive that Sir Keir offered to a neighbour final 12 months caught fireplace. The hearth came about on the Kentish City road the place the prime minister lived earlier than transferring to Downing Avenue.

Within the early hours of Sunday 11 Could, firefighters handled a small fireplace on the entrance door of a home transformed into flats in close by Islington – a property the prime minister lived at in the course of the Nineties.

The next day, within the early hours of Monday 12 Could, police have been alerted by the London Hearth Brigade to experiences of a fireplace at Sir Keir’s personal house.

Harm was brought on to the property’s entrance however no one was harm. The BBC understands the property is rented to the prime minister’s sister-in-law.