Man convicted over arson attacks on Starmer properties deported, Home Office says

A man convicted of conspiracy to commit criminal damage by fire over arson attacks targeting a car and properties linked to former prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has been deported, the Home Office has said.

Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc, 28, was jailed for two years earlier this year; his friend Roman Lavrynovych, 22, a Ukrainian, received seven. The Old Bailey heard the pair acted on the orders of a Russian-speaking Telegram contact, “El Money”, reportedly linked to a Russian online sabotage network.

The May 2025 attacks: a Toyota RAV4 which once belonged to Sir Keir was set alight in Kentish Town in the early hours of 8 May; on 11 May a fire was started at the door of an Islington flat where he had previously lived, and his constituency home was attacked on 12 May. Sir Keir’s sister-in-law Judith Alexander, living in the constituency home, told the court she heard bangs and saw smoke as her partner and daughter slept.

“El Money” offered Lavrynovych £3,000 in cryptocurrency if the blazes were filmed and reported in the news; Carpiuc, who had a short-lived modelling career, supported and encouraged him and was to help convert the promised payment into cash.

A Home Office spokesperson said: “This was an abhorrent attack, and the conviction and imprisonment of these men should send a clear message to anyone blinded by the promise of money from strangers. You will be caught and face severe consequences. This individual has now been deported from the UK.”