Mystery ‘El Money’ figure paid men to set fire to property linked to Starmer, court hears

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Three defendants deny plotting arson attack on two homes and a car connected to prime minister in London last year

A series of arson attacks on property linked to Keir Starmer was masterminded by a Russian-speaking contact using the pseudonym “El Money”, a court has heard.

Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Petro Pochynok, 35, both from Ukraine, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, a Romanian national, sat with their heads bent towards interpreters as Duncan Atkinson KC, prosecuting, opened the trial over the arson attacks in May last year.

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