Overview
- Anthony Williams, 33, entered not-guilty pleas at Cambridge Crown Court on Thursday, July 9, to 21 charges that include 10 counts of attempted murder.
- Prosecutors say several people were seriously injured during multiple stabbings on an LNER service running from Doncaster to London on November 1 last year, and multiple emergency calls were made from the train.
- The charges link separate alleged incidents including an attack at Pontoon Dock DLR station, offences in Peterborough and Huntingdon, an affray at a Peterborough barbershop, and the alleged theft of a pack of knives from an Asda in Stevenage.
- Williams appeared by video, was remanded in custody by Judge Mark Bishop, and has a trial set to begin on October 26 with a case management hearing on October 2.
- The October trial will test whether prosecutors can legally join the incidents into one case and will shape how victims, local services and rail security respond to a string of knife-related attacks.