Man pleads guilty to wounding 12 after LNER train stabbing

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 15:02 · Archive

Anthony Williams has pleaded guilty to wounding 12 people in a stabbing on an LNER train in Cambridgeshire.

Anthony Williams, 33, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty at Cambridge Crown Court on 19 October to 10 counts of wounding with intent relating to the stabbing on an LNER train in Cambridgeshire in November last year. Nine people suffered life-threatening injuries in that attack.

Williams also admitted a series of other offences. These include one count of wounding with intent against a 14-year-old boy, and two counts of attempting to wound a 22-year-old man and a 28-year-old man, all in Peterborough on 31 October. He pleaded guilty to affray at a barber shop in Peterborough on the same date, theft of a pack of knives from an Asda store in Stevenage, and possession of a bladed article in public.

He further admitted assaulting a man on a train between King's Cross and Peterborough on 1 November, and one count of intended wounding and possession of a bladed article at Pontoon Dock DLR station in London in the early hours of that day. Williams also pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm against a police officer while in custody.

Despite these guilty pleas, Williams denied charges of attempted murder and is due to stand trial on those counts from 26 October, with the trial expected to last six weeks.

How it is being reported

• Man, 32, denies attempted murder after LNER train stabbingA man has pleaded guilty to wounding 12 people but denied attempted murder following an attack on board an LNER train in Cambridgeshire.The Press (York) · 19 Oct, 14:31
• Man, 32, denies attempted murder after LNER train stabbingA man has pleaded guilty to wounding 12 people but denied attempted murder following an attack on board an LNER train in Cambridgeshire.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 19 Oct, 14:31

In this story: Anthony Williams · LNER · Cambridgeshire · Cambridge Crown Court · Peterborough · Stevenage · King's Cross · Pontoon Dock DLR station

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