The tasks started small. Lavrynovych pasted anti-Islamic posters on mosques across south London for £2 a poster, often earning about £100 for an evening’s work. The posters promoted Direct Action UK, a purported far-right group that appeared shortly after the Southport riots in 2024.
Paid to set fire to a car or put up anti-Islamic posters by a Russian, the young men wanted a life in Britain but ended up targeting the prime minister