Drug dealer who organized Russia-linked arson attack in UK jailed for 17 years

Dylan Earl, left, and Jake Reeves received long jail sentences on Friday. Metropolitan Police/PA London —

The ringleader of an arson attack on a Ukrainian-owned business in London last year was jailed for 17 years on Friday for what prosecutors called a “sustained campaign of terrorism and sabotage” on British soil.

Dylan Earl, 21, pleaded guilty to aggravated arson over the February 2024 blaze that targeted a company delivering internet terminals from Elon Musk’s Starlink to Ukraine. He had also admitted an offense under the National Security Act, which was introduced in the wake of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine to “tackle threats that fall short of traditional spying and espionage.”

Jake Reeves, a 23-year-old accomplice of Earl’s, had also pleaded guilty to aggravated