In London, court found two Ukrainian natives guilty of arson of property linked to UK Prime Minister Starmer
In London, a jury found 22-year-old Ukrainian Roman Lavrynovych and 27-year-old native of Ukraine, Romanian citizen Stanislav Karpyuk guilty of arson of property linked to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer. This was reported by Reuters.
Alongside them, 35-year-old Ukrainian Petro Pochynok was also on trial. The court fully acquitted him of all charges.
According to the investigation, Roman Lavrynovych received instructions regarding the arsons through a Telegram account under the nickname "EL Money," which communicated in Ukrainian and Russian. During the trial, he stated that he did not know who Keir Starmer was and agreed to carry out the tasks solely for money to help his sick father.
Law enforcement established that after carrying out the arsons, the handler allegedly ordered the executor to leave the country. In case of police detention, he was to send the code word "geranium," after which, according to him, legal assistance was to be arranged. Lavrynovych noted that he did not have time to use this code.
Despite the tasks coming from a Russian-speaking account, the head of London's counter-terrorism police, Helen Flanagan, stated that there is currently no evidence of Russia's or any state's involvement in organizing these attacks.
The London court found Roman Lavrynovych guilty on two counts of reckless arson creating a danger to life. Lavrynovych and Stanislav Karpyuk were also found guilty of conspiracy to commit arson. At the same time, Petro Pochynok was acquitted of this charge, and Lavrynovych was separately found not guilty of arson with intent to endanger life.
The verdict in the case is expected to be announced on Friday.
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