Anthony Williams pleads guilty to offences following Huntingdon train attack – Cambridgeshire

A 33-year-old man has admitted a series of offences, including the wounding of 12 people, following an attack on board an LNER train travelling through Cambridgeshire last year. 

Anthony Williams, 33, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty at Cambridge Crown Court today (Monday 19 October) to the following offences, however has denied attempted murder and is due to stand trial next Monday (26 October). The trial is expected to last six weeks.

While Williams has admitted a number of offences, the case has not yet concluded as he is due to stand trial on charges of attempted murder. To avoid prejudicing those proceedings, we are not able to comment further at this time.

He pleaded guilty to the following charges today (19 October):  

• 10 counts of wounding with intent relating to the incident on the train at Huntingdon.
• One count of intended wounding, and possession of a bladed article relating to the incident at Pontoon Dock DLR station in London during the early hours of 1 November. 
• One count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm in relation to an assault on a police officer while in custody. 

• One count of wounding with intent of a 14-year-old boy in Peterborough on 31 October 2025. 
• Two counts of attempting to wound a 22-year-old man and a 28-year-old man in Peterborough on 31 October 2025.

• Affray at a barber shop in Peterborough on 31 October 2025. 

• Theft of a pack of knives from an Asda store in Stevenage on 31 October 2025. 

• Assault of a man on a train travelling between King’s Cross and Peterborough on 1 November 2025. 

• Possession of a bladed article in public in Peterborough on 31 October 2025.