Man convicted of arson attacks against Sir Keir Starmer deported from UK, Home Office says

A man convicted of arson attacks targeting Sir Keir Starmer has been deported, the Home Office said.

Romanian Stanislav Carpiuc, 28, was found guilty of carrying out a string of arson attacks on a car and properties linked to the former prime minister earlier this year.

The Old Bailey heard that he and Ukrainian Roman Lavrynovych, 22, acted on the orders of a Russian-speaking Telegram contact called "El Money".

On Friday, the Home Office said that Carpiuc, who was sentenced to two years in prison, had been removed from the UK.

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."

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

During the trial, the court heard that a Toyota RAV4, which once belonged to the prime minister, was set alight in Kentish Town, north London, in the early hours of 8 May last year.

On 11 May, a fire was started at the door of an Islington flat, where Sir Keir had previously lived, while his constituency home was attacked on 12 May 2025.

The prime minister's sister-in-law, Judith Alexander, who moved in after Sir Keir entered Downing Street, said she heard bangs and saw smoke as her partner and daughter slept.

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

Carpiuc, who had a short-lived modelling career, supported and encouraged his friend, the court heard, and was going to help him convert the promised payment into cash.

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