A fifth man has been arrested in relation to arson assaults on properties and a automotive linked to Sir Keir Starmer final yr.
The 19-year-old has been launched below investigation after being taken to an Essex police station on Wednesday for questioning, the Metropolitan Police mentioned.
The person, of Harlow, Essex, was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson, police added.
It comes after a Toyota RAV4, which Sir Keir had beforehand bought, was set alight in Kentish City, north London on 8 Could 2025.
There was one other blaze on the entrance door of a home transformed into flats in Islington, additionally linked to the prime minister, on 11 Could. Then, within the early hours of 12 Could, there was a hearth on the home the place Sir Keir lived earlier than he turned prime minister and moved into Downing Road.
As a part of the identical investigation, three different males have been charged over the fires: Ukrainians Petro Pochynok, 34, and Roman Lavrynovych, 21, and Ukrainian-born Romanian nationwide Stanislav Carpiuc, 26.
Lavrynovych is charged with three counts of arson with intent to hazard life, whereas Pochynok and Carpiuc are accused of conspiring to commit arson with intent to hazard life.
Lavrynovych and Pochynok each beforehand pleaded not responsible at a listening to in October.
Carpiuc pleaded not responsible to the identical cost in November, a courtroom spokesman mentioned.
They’re as a consequence of stand trial on the Previous Bailey on 27 April.
A fourth man has been launched with out cost, a drive spokesman mentioned.
