A Russian-speaking mastermind known as “El Money” paid two men to set fire to homes and a car linked to Sir Keir Starmer to spark fear and “unrest” in Britain, a court was told.
A mysterious Telegram account tasked criminal proxies for the arson attacks on Sir Keir’s former home last May.
Ukrainian builder Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, were found guilty of plotting to damage property by an Old Bailey jury.
Petro Pochynok, 35, was cleared of the same charge.
The attacks began when a Toyota Rav4 which was previously owned by the prime minister was set alight in Kentish Town, north London, in the early hours of 8 May last year.
Within days, fires were also lit in the entrance to a block of flats where Sir Keir used to live and at his house, which he had rented to his sister-in-law after moving into No 10.
She and her family were asleep in their beds when Lavrynovych set fire to the doorway, potentially cutting off an escape route.
The anonymous Russian-speaking social media account behind the attacks had offered Lavrynovych £3,000 in cryptocurrency if the blazes were filmed and got on the news.
The construction worker was also convicted of damaging two properties by fire, being reckless as to whether life was endangered on 11 and 12 May last year.
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