Uk Crime News

Russia-linked sabotage network recruits a second London operative

FT reporting links a Russia-originated sabotage network to arson attacks on Keir Starmer's family home and to the recruitment of an additional, unidentified London operative who sprayed anti-Islam graffiti; footage from a Russia-based group shows a man with a barbed-wire tattoo painting an Islamic school in Leyton, with the same handler directing Lavrynovych to arson and graffiti. Lavrynovych and co-defendant Carpiuc were convicted, a third defendant was acquitted. UK police say there is no evidence the state directed the attacks; the case highlights gaps in prosecuting Russia-linked hate campaigns in Britain.