A third man has been charged as part of an investigation into a series of fires in north London linked to Keir Starmer.
Ukrainian national Petro Pochynok, 34, has been charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.
He was arrested in the Chelsea area of London on Monday and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court at 10am today.
The charge relates to three arson incidents: a vehicle fire in Kentish Town, a fire at the Prime Minister’s private home on the same street, and another blaze at an address where he previously lived in the Islington area.
One of the fires took place on May 12 at the home where Sir Keir lived before he became Prime Minister and moved into Downing Street.
A car was set alight in the same street four days earlier on May 8.
The other fire took place on May 11 at the front door of a house converted into flats in Islington.
Pochynok has been accused of conspiring with fellow Ukrainian Roman Lavrynovych and Ukrainian-born Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc, who have both also been charged as part of an investigation into the fires.
A third man has been charged as part of an investigation into a series of fires in north London linked to Keir Starmer (pictured)
Sir Keir’s home, as well as a flat and a car (pictured) he previously owned, were targeted in suspected arson attacks in London between May 8 and 12
Pictured: The remains of the burnt-out car that was set alight in Kentish Town
Lavrynovych, 21, of Sydenham, south-east London, has already been charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life in connection with the fires.
He denied the charges in a police interview.
He appeared in court on Friday and was remanded in custody until a further hearing at the Old Bailey scheduled for June 6.
Carpiuc, 26, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday and was remanded in custody to appear alongside Lavrynovych on the same date.
Sir Keir has let his £2million private home in the Kentish Town area of north London to his sister-in-law on a peppercorn rent since he moved into 10 Downing Street following his general election victory.
The property was set alight in the early hours of May 12, with the London Fire Brigade alerting police to reports of a fire there at 1.35am.
The blaze damaged the porch of the property but no one was hurt.
Firefighters were able to bring it under control within 20 minutes, stopping it from spreading further indoors.
Aspiring model Stanislav Carpiuc, 26, who lives in Romford, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday
Court artist drawing of Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc, 26, appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court
21-year-old Roman Lavrynovych (pictured), of the Sydenham area of south-east London, has been charged
It came just 24 hours after a flat the Prime Minister previously lived at, in the nearby Islington area, caught fire, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Firefighters attended the blaze, helping one person to safety, with the door of the property suffering fire damage.
On May 8, on the same street as Sir Keir’s Kentish Town property, a car he sold to a neighbour last year also burst into flames.
The new owner of the Toyota Rav 4 is understood to have thought the fire started because of a faulty battery.
The hybrid car was completely destroyed in the blaze, which occurred on VE Day.
All three targets of the arson attacks have ‘previous connections with a high-profile public figure’, Metropolitan Police confirmed – so officers from the force’s Counter Terrorism Command are leading the investigation.
Anyone with information that could assist the investigation is being asked to call police on 101 quoting CAD 441/12 May.
