Earlier than shifting into the prime minister’s official residence at No 10 Downing Avenue, Starmer lived on the Kentish City handle along with his spouse and two youngsters, whereas prosecutors mentioned Starmer had beforehand lived at one of many residences in Islington.
“The automobile and each properties had 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 had been more likely to be slim ones.
Describing the incident in parliament on Wednesday, Starmer referred to as it “an assault on all of us, on our democracy and the values we stand for”.
