Train stabbing accused made violent threats day before attack

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 3 Nov, 16:34 · Archive

Anthony Williams, 33, is accused of stabbing ten people on an LNER train in Huntingdon on 1 November 2025.

Anthony Williams, 33, is accused of stabbing ten people on an LNER train travelling to London King's Cross on 1 November 2025. The train was forced to make an emergency stop in Huntingdon. Williams has pleaded guilty to ten counts of wounding with intent relating to the incident on the LNER train, alongside guilty pleas to other offences, but denies 14 counts of attempted murder.

The Peterborough Telegraph reports that on 31 October, the day before the stabbing, Williams paced up and down the carriage of a separate train service and said 'I am the baddest, no-one is as bad as me'. A court heard this statement during proceedings at Cambridge Crown Court.

On the morning of the LNER train attack, Williams spat at Jordan Morley, a police detention officer at Islington Custody, on a train travelling to Peterborough at around 8am on 1 November 2025. Mr Morley, who had boarded the 7.16am service at King's Cross St Pancras on his way home from work, described feeling 'what I would describe as a spray of spittle' as he sat on the train at Hitchin station.

Prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC told jurors at Cambridge Crown Court on 3 November that the man who spat at Mr Morley was agreed by both prosecution and defence to be Williams. Mr Morley reportedly felt 'almost in disbelief that he had spat at him'. He had no previous interaction with Williams prior to the incident.

How it is being reported

• Knife attacker 'spat at' police detention officer on train, court toldThe man accused of a knife attack on an LNER train in Huntingdon last year "spat at" a police officer on a train travelling to Peterborough, a court heard.Ely Standard · 3 Nov, 15:11
• Knife attacker 'spat at' police detention officer on train, court toldThe man accused of a knife attack on an LNER train in Huntingdon last year "spat at" a police officer on a train travelling to Peterborough, a court heard.Cambs Times · 3 Nov, 15:11
• Train stabbing accused said 'I am the baddest', court toldA knifeman who stabbed 10 people on a train from Peterborough had paced up and down the carriage of a separate service the day before and said “I am the baddest, no-one is as bad as me”, a court heard.Peterborough Telegraph · 2 Nov, 13:24

In this story: Anthony Williams · LNER · Huntingdon · Peterborough · Jordan Morley · Cambridge Crown Court · London King's Cross

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