Man charged over fires at homes linked to PM Keir Starmer

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1A 21-year-old man has been charged after fires at two properties and a car linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the Metropolitan Police has said.

2Roman Lavrynovych, a Ukrainian national, was charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life on Thursday.

3He was arrested at an address in Sydenham, south-east London, in the early hours of Tuesday. 4He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday.

5The charges relate to three incidents - a vehicle fire in Kentish Town, north London, a fire at the prime minister's private home on the same street and a fire at an address that he previously lived at in north-west London.

6The investigation has been led by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command due to its links to a high-profile figure.

7In the early hours of Monday 12 May, emergency services responded to a fire at the Kentish Town home where Sir Keir Starmer lived before becoming prime minister and moving into 10 Downing Street.

8Police were alerted by the London Fire Brigade (LFB) to reports of a fire at the residential address at 01:35 BST.

9Damage was caused to the property's entrance but nobody was hurt.

10It is understood the property has been rented out.

11A car linked to Sir Keir was set alight four days earlier on Thursday May 8 on the same street.

12Just after 03:00 on Sunday 11 May, firefighters dealt with a small fire at the front door of a house converted into flats in nearby Islington.

13One person was helped to safety by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus, LFB said.

14The BBC understands that the prime minister lived there in the 1990s.

from BBC