Ukrainian Man Found Guilty of Arson Attacks on Properties Linked to Starmer

Roman Lavrynovych, 22, was recruited by a Russian-speaking account, the jury heard, but authorities say there is no evidence of a Kremlin-linked operation.

Roman Lavrynovych (L) and Stanislav Carpiuc (R), who were convicted of conspiracy to commit arson by a jury at the Old Bailey in London on June 15, 2026. The Metropolitan Police

A Ukrainian man was found guilty on June 15 of carrying out arson attacks on properties connected to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, on behalf of someone he knew only as “EL Money.”

Over a five-day period in May 2025, police were called to three separate fires, all in the Kentish Town area of the north London borough of Camden. One was at a ‌building managed by a company of which the prime minister had once been a director and shareholder, another was at a nearby house where he previously resided and where his sister-in-law was living, and another blaze involved a Toyota car that used to belong to Starmer.