Man pleaded guilty to wounding in LNER train attack

Anthony Williams, 33, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of wounding with intent at Cambridge Crown Court today (October 19).

This relates to a stabbing which took place on an LNER train in November of last year, in which nine people suffered life-threatening injuries.

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He also admitted a series of other offences, including one count of wounding with intent against a 14-year-old boy, and two counts of attempting to wound a 22-year-old man and a 28-year-old man - all in Peterborough on October 31, 2025.

Also on October 31,  Williams pleaded guilty to affray at a barber shop in Peterborough, theft of a pack of knives from an Asda store in Stevenage, and possession of a bladed article in public.

A group of police officers stand close to the emergency equipment left behind after an incident at (Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

He further admitted assaulting a man on a train between King’s Cross and Peterborough on November 1 of last year.

Additional offences include one count of intended wounding and possession of a bladed article at Pontoon Dock DLR station in London in the early hours of November 1, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against a police officer while in custody.

Despite the guilty pleas, Williams denied charges of attempted murder and is due to stand trial for six weeks on those counts from next Monday (October 26).

Forensic investigators at Huntingdon train station in Cambridgeshire, after a number of people were stabbed on a train on Saturday (Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

Prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC said: "Those guilty pleas do not resolve the indictment so there will be a trial."

British Transport Police said they are unable to comment further at this time to avoid prejudicing the ongoing legal proceedings.