Second Ukrainian in court over 'arson attacks' at properties linked to Keir Starmer

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Mark White

By Mark White


Published: 20/05/2025

- 11:36

Updated: 20/05/2025

- 14:19

Suspect Stanislav Carpiuc is a self-described model who wanted to be 'the top male model in the world'

A second Ukrainian man has appeared in court charged in relation to firebomb attacks at properties linked to the Prime Minister.

Stanislav Carpiuc, originally said to have been Romanian, was driven to Westminster Magistrates' Court in an unmarked police van, under police escort.


The 26-year-old, who lives in Romford in east London, also has family in Romania.

His profile on model casting website Starnow details how he was born in the west of Ukraine in the small town of Chernivtsi.

"I started my modelling career quite recently," Carpiuc's description says. "I wish to enter in top of male model in the world [sic]."

On Tuesday, he appeared in the glass-fronted dock at the court wearing a light blue hooded top.

Stanislav Carpiuc

Carpiuc's profile on model casting website Starnow details how he was born in the west of Ukraine in the small town of Chernivtsi

STANISLAV CARPIUC

Speaking through a Russian interpreter, he spoke only to confirm his name, address, and date of birth.

He is charged with conspiring together with Roman Lavrynovych and others unknown to damage by fire property belonging to another.

The prosecution told the court that mobile phone messages had been exchanged between the two suspects.

The court was told that Carpiuc was arrested on Saturday by counter-terrorism officers at London Luton Airport as he attempted to leave the country.

As part of the same investigation, Lavrynovych, a 21-year-old Ukrainian national from Sydenham in southeast London, was charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life.

Keir Starmer

Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terror Command have led the investigation due to the connections with the Prime Minister

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He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court last Friday, and was remanded in custody until June 6, when he will appear at the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey.

The charges against both men relate to arson attacks on two properties and a car linked to Sir Keir Starmer.

Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terror Command have led the investigation due to the connections with the Prime Minister.

The charges involve two fires at residential addresses in Islington and Kentish Town, as well as a car fire on the same street as the house fire in Kentish Town.

In the early hours of Monday May 12, the emergency services responded to a fire at the Kentish Town home where Sir Keir Starmer lived before becoming Prime Minister last year.

Damage was caused to the property’s entrance, but nobody was hurt.

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Carpiuc appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday

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A car, which Starmer had previously sold to a neighbour on the street, was set alight overnight on May 8.

In the early hours of Sunday, May 11, firefighters dealt with a small fire at the front door of a house converted into flats in nearby Islington.

The property had previously been owned by Starmer more than two decades ago.

A resident in the building had to be led to safety by firefighters in breathing apparatus.

After a 30-minute hearing, Carpiuc was remanded back into custody.

He will appear alongside Lavrynovych at the Old Bailey on 6 June.

As part of the same investigation, a 34-year-old man arrested in the Chelsea area on Monday remains in police custody on suspicion of committing arson with intent to endanger life.