Three men were paid by a Russian speaking contact known as “El Money” to target Sir Keir Starmer in a series of arson attacks, a court has heard.
Roman Lavrynovych, 22, Petro Pochynok, 35, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 27 are accused of firebombing properties linked to the Prime Minister in May 2025.
On Wednesday, jurors were told the unknown Russian contact exchanged hundreds of messages with the individuals on Telegram in the months leading up to the attacks.
Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson KC said there was planning and “reconnaissance” before the attacks took place.
He added that the motivation was financial, and not driven by any “particular political or ideological” agenda.
Well, that’s the case they’re running with so it must all be true, right? There’s also a certain sensibleness to it – we know rent lads will do stuff for money so if you’re looking for people to do stuff then…..
Those, obviously, skills can be more or less transferrable.
Note this is still in court.
