Six men, including three from Croydon, have been jailed for 65 years over a Russian-backed attack on a warehouse sending aid to Ukraine.

The fire in east London in March last year, caused around a million pounds’ worth of damage.

It was ordered by the Wagner mercenary group, acting for Moscow, whose ringleader, Dylan Earl got 23 years.

Commander Dominic Murphy from Counter Terrorism Policing in London explains what Earl did:

24-year-old Jake Reeves from Croydon, who helped arrange the attack, was jailed for 12 years.

23-year-old Nii Mensah from Thorton Heath, who streamed the attack, was jailed for 10 years.

23-year-old Jakeem Rose, from Croydon, who set the buildings alight, was jailed for nine years.

21-year-old Ugnius Asmena, of no fixed address, who arranged the getaway car and was there on the night, was jailed for eight years

20-year-old Ashton Evans, from South Wales, was jailed for nine years failing to tell police what he knew about a planned kidnapping.