Man who stabbed 10 people on train said 'I am the baddest', court hears
Jurors heard witness accounts and CCTV as prosecutors say Williams intended to kill passengers during a Halloween weekend stabbing spree.
- At Cambridge Crown Court, Anthony Williams, 33, denies 14 counts of attempted murder but admits 12 counts of wounding with intent and two of attempted wounding, jurors heard on Monday.
- The violence began on October 31, 2025, with attacks in Peterborough, followed by Williams attacking ten passengers on a London-bound LNER train on November 1, 2025, forcing an emergency stop in Huntingdon.
- Witnesses described Williams acting erratically on October 31, playing "spooky Halloween music" and shouting "I am the baddest," while repeatedly grabbing a black rucksack and muttering "I'm going to do it."
- On a Docklands Light Railway train, Williams slashed 17-year-old Isaiah Idris, while passengers Stephen Crean and Samir Zitouni displayed "extraordinary bravery" confronting the attacker despite sustaining multiple wounds.
- Prosecutor Chris Paxton KC told jurors that while Williams has mental health issues, he remained "functioning, responding and reactive," with the trial focusing on whether he intended to kill during the attacks.
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A man who stabbed a teenage boy on a DLR train in London asked his victim if he wanted "beef with the devil", a court heard today.Anthony Williams, 33, denies attempting to murder Isaiah Idris in the early hours of November 1 last year on a DLR train heading to Pontoon Dock station.He further denies 13 additional counts of attempted murder relating to three people in Peterborough on October 31, and an attack on 10 people on a London-bound LNER t…
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Witnesses said the defendant played "Halloween" music on his phone, talked to himself and appeared to be reaching inside his bag on the Peterborough to London service.
A man who stabbed 10 people on a train said "I am the baddest, no-one is as bad as me" as he paced up and down on a different train the day before, a court
Train stabbing accused said 'I am the baddest', court told
A knifeman who stabbed 10 people on a train from Peterborough had paced up and down the carriage of a separate service the day before and said “I am the baddest, no-one is as bad as me”, a court heard.
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