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Man Pleads Not Guilty to 14 Attempted Murder Charges in Train Stabbings
Anthony Williams entered not guilty pleas at Cambridge Crown Court on 9 July 2026 to charges including the attempted murder of 10 people on an LNER train. He faces 21 charges in total linked to incidents in Peterborough, east London and on the train.
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Anthony Williams, 33, of Langford Road in Peterborough, pleaded not guilty on 9 July 2026 to the attempted murder of 10 people stabbed on an LNER train traveling from Doncaster to London King's Cross on 1 November 2025. He appeared via video link from Rampton Hospital at Cambridge Crown Court and sat hunched while entering his pleas, wearing a white T-shirt.
Williams also pleaded not guilty to four additional attempted murder charges tied to attacks in Peterborough on 31 October 2025 and in east London in the early hours of 1 November 2025.
BBC News reported that he faces a total of 21 charges, which include three counts of possessing a bladed article, one count of assaulting a police officer and one count of common assault on another train. The 18:25 LNER service was diverted and stopped at Huntingdon Station after the stabbings, where Williams was arrested.
Multiple 999 calls were made from passengers on board, and the station remained closed for a couple of days while evidence was gathered.
The attempted murder charges on the train name Jonathan Gjoshe, Sachin Balakrishnan, David Presland, Scott Bletcher, Scott Green, Kevin Deely, Stephen Crean, Raza Aslam, Michael Paffett and Samir Zitouni. Separate charges name Dawid Taborski, William Ogelby and a 14-year-old boy in Peterborough, plus a 17-year-old boy in east London. His trial is scheduled to begin on 26 October.
