Man pleads guilty to wounding in mass train stabbing
Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 12:28 · Archive
Anthony Williams has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of wounding with intent after a mass stabbing on a train near Huntingdon.
Anthony Williams, 33, pleaded guilty at Cambridge Crown Court to 12 counts of wounding with intent and two of attempting to wound with intent relating to the train stabbing on 1 November. Passengers and staff were injured when a Doncaster-London service was forced to make an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon railway station after it left Peterborough.
Williams denies 14 counts of attempted murder relating to incidents on the train and to separate attacks in London and Peterborough. He is due to stand trial next week.
At the pre-trial review hearing at Cambridge Crown Court, Williams also pleaded guilty to affray at a barber shop in Peterborough on 31 October and theft of knives from an Asda store in Stevenage on the same day. He admitted possessing a bladed article in public places in Peterborough on 31 October, at locations including a footbridge near Henry Penn Walk, the Rail World car park and Queen's Walk.
Emergency crews met the train at Huntingdon railway station, one stop south of Peterborough, after 999 calls were made by people on board. The specific names of those Williams is accused of attempting to murder on the train include Jonathan Gjoshe, Sachin Balakrishnan, David Presland, Scott Bletcher, Scott Green, Kevin Deely, Stephen Crean, Raza Aslam, Michael Paffett and Samir Zitouni. Williams appeared at the hearing via video link from Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire.
How it is being reported
- Man accused over Huntingdon train stabbings pleads guilty to wounding with intentA man accused of a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire, and separate attacks earlier that day and the day before, has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of wounding with intent and two of attempting to wound with intent.Peterborough Telegraph · 19 Oct, 12:30
- Man accused of Huntingdon train stabbings pleads guilty to wounding with intentA man accused of a mass stabbing on a train in Huntingdon has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of wounding with intent and two of attempting to wound with intent.Cambs Times · 19 Oct, 12:00
- Man accused of Huntingdon train stabbings pleads guilty to wounding with intentA man accused of a mass stabbing on a train in Huntingdon has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of wounding with intent and two of attempting to wound with intent.Ely Standard · 19 Oct, 12:00
- Man accused of mass train stabbing admits woundingAnthony Williams is in court after multiple stabbings on a train that was forced to stop in Huntingdon.BBC Cambridgeshire · 19 Oct, 11:45
In this story: Anthony Williams · Huntingdon · Peterborough · Cambridge Crown Court · Rampton Hospital · Doncaster · London
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