The 27 April 2026 Central Criminal Court listing for the case – with no restrictions.
The UK ‘mainstream’ media are stubbornly silent today on the commencement of the trial of three men on trial for arsonists attacks on property belonging to Keir Starmer. The trial of Ukrainians Roman Lavrynovych, 21, and Petro Pochynok, 34, along with Ukrainian-Romanian Stanislav Carpiuc, 26 started at the Central Criminal Court in London. All have pled not guilty. The jury was sworn in. Yet it was met by deafening nothingness from the state-corporate press and broadcasters.
Starmer arsonists trial: what’s going on?
The court has not imposed any special reporting restrictions beyond the usual that apply to any criminal case. There is no ‘DSMA‘ (formerly D-notice) government restriction on reporting that the Canary is aware of. Even if there were, it would not be binding and amounts to no more than a government request – one that is supposed to be listed on the DSMA website. Yet no ‘MSM’ even turned up to attend the proceedings, according to independent journalists who did.
Lavrynovych faces three separate charges of arson with intent to endanger life. Pochynok and Carpiuc face one count each of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life. All targeted Starmer.
Yet the media has hardly mentioned the case and has asked none of the obvious questions. Why would the three target Starmer? Why are they all Ukrainian? Is there an intelligence connection? Is there a connection to UK involvement in the Ukraine-Russia war? Why are most of the ‘MSM’ refusing to touch the case?
Context
What’s important to note is the context for the case. The CPS has not charged the three under counter-terror laws – therefore, indicating that the alleged crimes were not over Starmer’s politics, or that of the government, but of a personal nature to the PM or his family.
Overall, objection that the silence is respecting the presumption of innocence or protecting the right to a fair trial falls down in an instant. All that is needed to show that nonsense up is a glance at the headlines regarding trials and the extent of press attendance at the trials to provide hour-by-hour coverage for the curious.
Trials that don’t involve those protected by the state, at least – or in Starmer’s case, more likely the deep state. Starmer has been described as the “long-time servant of the British security state” and with good reason.
None of this has anything to do with the guilt or innocence of those accused. They deserve a fair and unbiased trial. But the silence around Starmer’s involvement screams volumes about the deeply unhealthy closeness and collusion of the state with the media that are notionally supposed to be scrutinising its actions and those of the people who represent it.
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What a weird opinion piece. The “MSM” aren’t covering this because it doesn’t fit their rabidly right-wing message where any acknowledgement of political violence (except when their establishment are the target) is intolerable. As an example look at the coverage of noted bigot David Amess v.s. Jo Cox.