A man has denied the attempted murder of 10 people in a mass stabbing on a London-bound train in Cambridgeshire.
Anthony Williams, 33, denies 10 counts of attempted murder after several people were stabbed on an LNER train from Doncaster to London on the evening of 1 November 2025.
Appearing by video-link at Cambridge Crown Court on Thursday, Williams entered pleas of not guilty to a total of 21 charges in turn.
He denied assault occasioning actual bodily harm over an alleged attack on a male police officer in custody on 2 November.
He also pleaded not guilty to possession of a bladed article on a train between Peterborough and Huntingdon on 1 November.
Williams denied one count of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article over an incident at Pontoon Dock DLR station in London in the early hours of November 1, where a victim suffered facial injuries after being attacked with a knife.
He also pleaded not guilty to the attempted murders of a 14-year-old boy, a 22-year-old man, and a 28-year-old man in Peterborough on 31 October.
He also denied affray at a barbershop in Peterborough on 31 October and the theft of a pack of knives from an Asda store in Stevenage on 31 October.
He pleaded not guilty to the assault of a man on a King’s Cross to Peterborough train on 1 November.
He also denied possessing a bladed article in a public place at a footbridge near Henry Penn Walk, the Rail World car park and Queen’s Walk in Peterborough on 31 October.
Judge Mark Bishop remanded Williams in custody until his trial.
He told the defendant: “You’ve pleaded not guilty and so there will be a trial which will take place on 26 October.”
He instructed that a further case management hearing will take place on 2 October.
