Overview

• An Old Bailey jury found Nii Kojo Mensah, Jakeem Rose and Ugnius Asmena guilty of aggravated arson with intent to endanger life for setting the March 2024 fire at the Leyton industrial estate
• Prosecutors showed that ringleaders Dylan Earl and Jake Reeves orchestrated the attack on behalf of the proscribed Wagner Group after earlier pleading guilty under the National Security Act 2023
• The blaze inflicted approximately £1 million in damage to generators and satellite terminals bound for Ukraine, underscoring threats to humanitarian supply chains
• Investigators secured convictions through digital forensics including phone data, CCTV and traffic-camera footage and DNA recovered from a dropped knife
• These are the first convictions under the National Security Act 2023 for offences committed as proxies of a foreign terrorist organisation