Huntingdon train attack: Anthony Williams denies attempted murders on London-bound train
A man has denied attempting to kill 10 people in a mass stabbing on a London-bound train in Cambridgeshire.
Anthony Williams, 33, denies 10 counts of attempted murder following the stabbing of several people on an LNER train from Doncaster to London on the evening of November 1, 2025.
Williams, who appeared at Cambridge Crown Court via video link on Thursday, pleaded not guilty to a total of 21 charges.
He denied assault occasioning actual bodily harm in relation to an alleged assault on a male police officer in custody on 2 November.
He also pleaded not guilty to possessing a bladed article on a train between Peterborough and Huntingdon on November 1.
Williams has denied a charge of attempted murder and a charge of possessing a bladed article in relation to the incident at London’s Pontoon Dock DLR station in the early hours of November 1, in which the victim suffered facial injuries after being attacked with a knife.
He was also found not guilty of the attempted murders of a 14-year-old boy, a 22-year-old man and a 28-year-old man in Peterborough on October 31.
He also denied the fight 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.
He pleaded not guilty to assaulting a man who boarded a train from King’s Cross to Peterborough on November 1.
He also denied possessing a bladed article in a public place at Henry Penn Walk, the Rail World car park and a footbridge near Queen’s Walk in Peterborough on October 31.
Judge Mark Bishop remanded Williams in custody until his trial.
He told the defendant: “You have pleaded not guilty and therefore there will be a hearing on 26 October.”
He directed that a new case management hearing would be held on October 2.
