Man tells court he was threatened into setting fire to car linked to Starmer

Roman Lavrynovych is one of three accused of arson attacks on a vehicle and two houses in London tied to the prime minister

A Ukrainian man has admitted setting fire to a car that once belonged to Keir Starmer for £3,000, after telling a court he had been being threatened by a “powerful” Russian-speaking man using the pseudonym El Money.

Roman Lavrynovych, 22, is accused, along with Stanislav Carpiuc and Petro Pochynok, of arson attacks on a vehicle and two houses in north London linked to the prime minister.