Putin arsonist ‘thought life was a video game’

An arsonist who was hired by the Russian-backed Wagner Group to burn down a warehouse storing equipment destined for Ukraine was deluded by playing too many online games, a court heard. Dylan Earl, 20, and Jake Reeves, 23, were paid to destroy items including generators and Starlink satellite parts at the unit in Leyton, east London. Earl also planned arson attacks at Hide Restaurant in Mayfair and nearby Hedonism Wines and to kidnap the owner Yevgeny Chichvarkin, who is a…