Second man charged over fires at home linked to PM

A second man has been charged in relation to fires at two properties and in a car linked to Sir Keir Starmer, the Metropolitan Police has said.

Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc, 26, from Romford, was charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life following the fires in north London.

He was arrested on 17 May at London’s Luton Airport and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday morning.

The 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.

Carpiuc is accused of conspiring with Roman Lavrynovych and others “unknown to damage by fire property belonging to another, intending to damage the property, intending to endanger the life of another or being reckless as to whether the life of another would thereby be endangered”, the Met said.

Lavrynovych, of Sydenham, appeared in court on Friday charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life.

He was remanded in custody and will appear at the Old Bailey on 6 June.

A third man, aged 34, was arrested on Monday in the Chelsea on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.