Man convicted in Starmer-linked arson case deported from the UK

A man convicted over arson attacks linked to Sir Keir Starmer has been deported from the UK, according to the Home Office. Stanislav Carpiuc, 28, was one of two men found guilty over the attacks, which targeted a car and two houses connected to the former prime minister. The Home Office said he had been removed from the country, but did not say where he had been sent.

Carpiuc, described in court as a Ukrainian-born Romanian national, was sentenced to two years in prison in June. His co-defendant, Roman Lavrynovych, a 22-year-old Ukrainian national, received a seven-year prison sentence in the same month. The Home Office said the conviction and imprisonment of the men should send a clear message that those drawn in by promises of money from strangers would face severe consequences.

It added that Carpiuc had now been deported from the UK. The attacks took place in May 2025, when Sir Keir was prime minister. The first fire was reported on 8 May, when a car he had previously owned was found burning on a street where he used to live in Kentish Town.

Three days later, a fire was discovered at flats linked to him in nearby Islington. Another fire was then found at the entrance to his Kentish Town home, which he was renting out to his sister-in-law, Judith Alexander. She told the trial that black smoke rose up the stairs while she was inside with her partner and daughter.

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The case has drawn attention because the attacks were previously reported as having been ordered on behalf of Russia. According to the earlier reporting, an anonymous handler known as EL promised payment to Lavrynovych and encouraged further attacks. The same reporting said the operation formed part of a wider campaign of sabotage, provocation and lies linked to the Russian state.

Those claims have made the case significant beyond the criminal convictions themselves, because it touches on questions of foreign interference and security around a serving political leader. The convictions of Carpiuc and Lavrynovych followed a trial in which they were found guilty of conspiring together and with others to damage property by fire between 1 April and 13 May 2025. The Home Office has not said whether Carpiuc's deportation was linked to any separate immigration process or whether any further action is planned.

The destination country has also not been disclosed, leaving some details of the removal unclear. What remains unresolved is how the deportation fits into any wider legal or security response to the case. The court outcome is already established, but the broader allegations about who ordered the attacks and why continue to shape the significance of the incident.

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