Mystery figure 'El Money' paid men to carry out arson attack at home linked to U.K. PM Starmer, London court told

Three ​men with links to Ukraine carried out a series of arson attacks on property connected to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on behalf of a mystery figure known as "El Money", prosecutors told a London court on Wednesday.

LONDON — Three ​men with links to Ukraine carried out a series of arson attacks on property connected to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on behalf of a mystery figure known as "El Money", prosecutors told a London court on Wednesday.

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Over five days last ⁠May, police were called to fires at a house in north London connected to Starmer, another at a property nearby where he used to live, and to a blaze involving a Toyota car that also used to belong to the British leader.

Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson said police had identified ⁠Roman Lavrynovych, 22, as being the man behind all ​the ⁠fires and that he had been offered money to do so by someone using the name "El Money".