Trial date set for men charged over fires at homes linked to PM

Three men charged successful transportation with arson attacks connected 2 properties and a car linked to Sir Keir Starmer volition look proceedings successful April of adjacent year, a tribunal has heard.

Roman Lavrynovych, 21, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 26 appeared unneurotic via video nexus from the precocious information Belmarsh situation successful south-east London.

Petro Pochynok, 34, however, refused to be Friday's proceeding and remained successful his cell.

They volition adjacent instrumentality to tribunal connected 17 October to participate pleas to the charges they face.

The charges subordinate to 3 incidents. The archetypal was connected 8 May erstwhile a car antecedently owned by the premier curate was recovered connected occurrence connected a thoroughfare helium utilized to unrecorded connected successful Kentish Town, northbound London.

Three days later, a occurrence was discovered astatine flats linked to the PM successful adjacent Islington. Firefighters had to rescue 1 idiosyncratic with the assistance of breathing apparatus.

On 12 May, a occurrence was discovered astatine the entranceway to Sir Keir's Kentish Town home, which is presently rented out.

Mr Lavrynovych, a Ukrainian citizen, of Sydenham, southbound London, was the archetypal to beryllium charged and is accused of 3 counts of arson with intent to endanger life.

Mr Carpiuc, a Ukrainian-born Romanian national, of Romford, eastbound London, was the 2nd antheral charged and is accused alongside Ukrainian Mr Pochynok, of Holloway Road, northbound London, of conspiracy to perpetrate arson with intent to endanger life.

During the abbreviated proceeding astatine the Old Bailey connected Friday, Mr Lavrynovych and Mr Carpiuc spoke lone to corroborate their identities and dates of commencement via an interpreter.

Mrs Justice Cheema Grubb told the tribunal that Mr Pochynok had refused to permission his compartment for the preliminary hearing, adding that the 3 men would adjacent look earlier the tribunal successful October to formally participate pleas.

All 3 person indicated that they contradict the charges and a proceedings day has been fixed for 27 April 2026.