Accused arsonist had ‘no idea what masked men with jerry can were up to’

A homeless man accused of torching a Ukrainian-based parcel firm told a court he just sat in the car as two masked men carried out the £1m arson attack. Dylan Earl, 20, along with Jake Reeves, 23, were recruited by the Russian backed Wagner Group to destroy generators and Starlink satellite equipment at the storage unit in Leyton, east London. Earl has admitted planning arson attacks at Hide Restaurant in Mayfair and nearby Hedonism Wines and to kidnap the owner,…