In a statement on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said Petro Pochynok, 34, a Ukrainian national, has been charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life
A third man has been charged over arson attacks on properties and a car linked to Keir Starmer.
Scotland Yard said Petro Pochynok, 34, a Ukrainian national, has been charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.
It comes after Stanislav Carpiuc, a 26-year-old Romanian national, was charged in relation to fires, the Metropolitan Police said. Last week Roman Lavrynovych, 21, was charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life.
In an update on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said Pochynok has been charged with conspiring together with Lavrynovych and Carpiuc and to “damage by fire property belonging to another”.
He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later this morning.
Pochynok was arrested on Monday in the Chelsea area on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life, the Met added.
They said: “The charge, which was authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service, relates to a period from Thursday, 17 April to Tuesday, 13 May this year, in which three incidents took place – a vehicle fire in NW5 on Thursday, 8 May, a fire at the entrance of a property in N7 on Sunday, 11 May and a fire at a residential address in NW5 in the early hours of Monday, 12 May.
“All have connections with a high-profile public figure, and therefore officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command led the investigation into the fires.”
Lavrynovych appeared in court on Friday and was remanded in custody until a further hearing at the Old Bailey scheduled for June 6.
Carpiuc appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday and was remanded in custody to appear alongside Lavrynovych on the same date.
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