Arson plotter targeting Keir Starmer's north London home is deported from UK

A man convicted for an arson attack targeting Sir Keir Starmer’s north London home has been deported from the country.

The Romanian national was sentenced to two years in prison in May this year, while his friend Roman Lavrynovych, a Ukrainian, was jailed for seven years.

Carpiuc has now been removed from the UK, the Home Office said on Friday, as first reported by the Daily Mail newspaper.

Romanian Stanislav Carpiuc, left, and Roman Lavrynovych

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.”

A car and a property linked to Keir Starmer were targeted in the attacks

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Lavrynovych, who carried out the arson attack, was acting on the instructions of an anonymous Telegram user called El Money, an Old Bailey trial earlier this year heard.

The anonymous figure was reportedly linked to a Russian online sabotage network.

The court also heard El Money offered Lavrynovych £3,000 in cryptocurrency if the blazes were filmed and got on the news.

Carpiuc supported and encouraged his friend, and was going to help him convert the promised payment into cash.

Anyone who is deported from the UK is subject to a ban on re-entering the country.