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Train knifeman appeared to believe 17-year-old victim was the devil, court hears

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A man who stabbed a teenager on a train in London appeared to believe the boy was the devil, a court has heard. Anthony Williams, 33, denies attempting to murder then-17-year-old Isaiah Idris in the early hours of 1 November last year, while on a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) train heading to Pontoon Dock station.

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Train knifeman appeared to believe 17-year-old victim was the devil, court hears

Anthony Williams denies the attempted murder of Isaiah Idris, as well as the attempted murders of 10 people on a train that was stopped in Huntingdon the same evening, and of three others in Peterborough.

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Sky News UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
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