Man denies attempted murder in Huntingdon train stabbing trial

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 23 Oct, 05:02 · Archive

Anthony Williams, 33, denies 10 counts of attempted murder over a mass stabbing on an LNER train in Huntingdon on 1 November.

Anthony Williams, 33, is accused of attempting to murder 10 people in a stabbing attack on a London-bound LNER train near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, on 1 November last year. The 6.25pm service from Doncaster to London King's Cross made an emergency stop at Huntingdon after British Transport Police received reports of a stabbing.

Williams denied 10 counts of attempted murder at a hearing in July. His trial is due to begin on 26 October. At a pre-trial hearing at Cambridge Crown Court on 21 October, he pleaded guilty to 14 further charges. He admitted 10 counts of wounding with intent relating to the incident on the LNER train, along with two further counts of wounding with intent relating to an incident at Pontoon Dock DLR station in London in the early hours of 1 November and an incident involving a 14-year-old boy in Peterborough on 31 October.

Williams also pleaded guilty to the attempted wounding of two men, aged 22 and 28, in Peterborough on 31 October. His other guilty pleas covered affray at a Peterborough barber shop, stealing knives from an Asda store in Stevenage, and carrying a bladed article in several public places on 31 October. He admitted possessing a knife at Pontoon Dock and on a train between Peterborough and Huntingdon, plus common assault on a Govia Thameslink train between St Pancras and Biggleswade, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm of a male police officer in custody on 2 November.

How it is being reported

• 'Attempted murder' trial for man accused of Huntingdon train attack to beginA man accused of attempting to murder 10 people in a mass stabbing on board a train in Huntingdon is due to stand trial.Ely Standard · 23 Oct, 04:30
• 'Attempted murder' trial for man accused of Huntingdon train attack to beginA man accused of attempting to murder 10 people in a mass stabbing on board a train in Huntingdon is due to stand trial.Cambs Times · 23 Oct, 04:30

In this story: Anthony Williams · Huntingdon · Cambridge Crown Court · British Transport Police · Peterborough · London

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