Trial date set for males charged over fires at properties related to Keir Starmer

Three males charged in reference to arson assaults on two houses and a automobile related to Sir Keir Starmer will face trial in April of subsequent yr, a court docket has heard.

Roman Lavrynovych, 21, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 26 seemed in combination by means of video hyperlink from the prime safety Belmarsh jail in south-east London.

Petro Pochynok, 34, on the other hand, refused to wait Friday’s listening to and remained in his cellular.

They will subsequent go back to court docket on 17 October to go into pleas to the costs they face.

The fees relate to 3 incidents. The first was once on 8 May when a automobile prior to now owned through the top minister was once discovered on hearth on a side road he used to survive in Kentish Town, north London.

Three days later, a fireplace was once found out at apartments related to the PM in within sight Islington. Firefighters needed to rescue one individual with the assistance of respiring equipment.

On 12 May, a fireplace was once found out on the front to Sir Keir’s Kentish Town house, which is lately rented out.

Mr Lavrynovych, a Ukrainian citizen, of Sydenham, south London, was once the primary to be charged and is accused of 3 counts of arson with intent to hazard lifestyles.

Mr Carpiuc, a Ukrainian-born Romanian nationwide, of Romford, east London, was once the second one guy charged and is accused along Ukrainian Mr Pochynok, of Holloway Road, north London, of conspiracy to devote arson with intent to hazard lifestyles.

During the fast listening to on the Old Bailey on Friday, Mr Lavrynovych and Mr Carpiuc spoke most effective to verify their identities and dates of delivery by means of an interpreter.

Mrs Justice Cheema Grubb advised the court docket that Mr Pochynok had refused to go away his cellular for the initial listening to, including that the 3 males would subsequent seem ahead of the court docket in October to officially input pleas.

All 3 have indicated that they deny the costs and a tribulation date has been fastened for 27 April 2026.