Man accused of Starmer arson attacks told friend plan to set PM’s car on fire was ‘stupid’, court hears

In the early hours of May 8 last year, a Toyota Rav4 car which once belonged to Sir Keir Starmer was burnt out in Kentish Town - (PA)

A hotel worker has told jurors how he refused to be involved in a friend’s “stupid” plan to set fire to a car linked to the prime minister, for money.

Romanian Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, and Ukrainians Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Petro Pochynok, 35, are on trial over a series of arson attacks allegedly on the orders of a shadowy contact called El Money.