Earlier than shifting into the prime minister’s official residence at No 10 Downing Avenue, Starmer lived on the Kentish City handle together with his spouse and two youngsters, whereas prosecutors mentioned Starmer had beforehand lived at one of many flats in Islington.
“The automotive and each properties have been linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer,” mentioned prosecutor Sarah Przybylska.
She mentioned that in police interviews, Lavrynovych had denied arson. At this stage the motive behind the fires was unexplained, she added.
Lavrynovych’s lawyer, James Scobie, mentioned his shopper wanted to be “educationally” assessed.
He added, with out elaborating, that the problems within the case have been more likely to be slender ones.
Describing the incident in parliament on Wednesday, Starmer known as it “an assault on all of us, on our democracy and the values we stand for”.
