Anthony Williams is accused of 10 counts of attempted murder, one count of actual bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed article on the London North Eastern Railway (LNER)
A man accused of a mass stabbing on a high-speed train in Cambridgeshire and earlier attacks leading up to it, will go on trial next year. Anthony Williams is charged with 10 counts of attempted murder, one count of actual bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed article following the attacks on the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) 6.25pm service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross on November 1.
He is also charged with another count of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article in connection with an incident on a train at Pontoon Dock DLR station in east London in the early hours of the same day.
Williams did not attend today’s (December 1) hearing at Cambridge Crown Court. The 32-year-old, who said at an earlier hearing at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court that he is of no fixed abode, is also charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm over an alleged attack of a male police officer in custody.
At Monday’s hearing, the case was joined together with a set of seven further charges, forming an indictment with a total of 21 counts. Williams is charged with the attempted murders of a 14-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man, and the attempted wounding of a 28-year-old man, in Peterborough on October 31.
He is also charged with affray at a barbershop in Peterborough on October 31, and the theft of a pack of knives from an Asda store in Stevenage on October 31.
Williams is charged with the assault of a man on a King’s Cross to Peterborough train on November 1.
He is also charged with possessing a bladed article in a public place at a footbridge near Henry Penn Walk, the Rail World car park and Queen’s Walk, all in Peterborough, on October 31.
Judge Mark Bishop said a further hearing will take place at Cambridge Crown Court on January 28, and he set a provisional trial date of June 22 2026.
Williams remains in custody.
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