Man accused of fire fires at Keir Starmer’s house

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A 21 -year -old Ukrainian man has been charged with a number of fire attacks on property and a car linked to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Keir Starmer.

Roman Lavrynovych, a Ukrainian national living in Sydenham, in southeastern London, has been accused of three allegations of fire with the intention of jeopardizing his life, said metropolitan police on Thursday.

The charges, authorized by the Crown Prosecutor’s Office, are related to three incidents in the northern London area.

Lavrynovych was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday and will be presented on Friday at the Westminster Magistrates Court.

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