ANTHONY WILLIAMS ADMITS WOUNDING CHARGES IN TRAIN STABBINGS

Anthony Williams pleaded guilty to 14 charges at Cambridge Crown Court on Monday, including wounding 10 people on a London-bound train. Williams appeared by video link from custody at the pre-trial review hearing on 19 October. His pleas covered 12 counts of wounding with intent and two counts of attempting to wound with intent. The train was travelling from Doncaster to London on 1 November 2025 when the stabbings took place. It stopped at Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire.

Williams also admitted wounding a man and possessing a bladed article at Pontoon Dock DLR station in east London on 1 November. His other admissions included wounding a boy, attempting to wound two men, affray at a barber shop and possessing a bladed article in Peterborough. The Peterborough charges concerned Henry Penn Walk, the Rail World car park and Queen’s Walk. Williams also admitted stealing knives from an Asda store in Stevenage on 31 October. He admitted possessing a knife on a train between Peterborough and Huntingdon the following day.

Williams pleaded guilty to common assault on a Govia Thameslink Railway service between St Pancras and Biggleswade on 1 November. He also admitted assaulting a police officer while in custody on 2 November, causing actual bodily harm. He still denies 14 counts of attempted murder: 10 concerning the London North Eastern Railway train, three concerning events in Peterborough and one concerning Pontoon Dock. The court also rearraigned him on seven counts to which he had previously pleaded not guilty.