Key points: Anthony Williams, 32, has been charged with two further attempted murder counts and multiple related offences following incidents on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Charges include theft, carrying a knife, affray and assault connected to events in Hertfordshire and Peterborough. Williams was arrested at Huntingdon station after the train was diverted and is held on remand ahead of a Cambridge Crown Court hearing on Dec. 1, where prosecutors intend to combine the cases into one docket.
Anthony Williams Faces Two Additional Attempted Murder Charges Ahead of Dec. 1 Hearing
Key points: Anthony Williams, 32, has been charged with two further attempted murder counts and multiple related offences following incidents on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Charges include theft, carrying a knife, affray and assault connected to events in Hertfordshire and Peterborough. Williams was arrested at Huntingdon station after the train was diverted and is held on remand ahead of a Cambridge Crown Court hearing on Dec. 1, where prosecutors intend to combine the cases into one docket.
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A 32-year-old man already awaiting trial over a knife attack that injured 10 people on a high-speed train has been charged with two further counts of attempted murder and several other offences, prosecutors said.
Anthony Williams is due to appear before Peterborough magistrates charged with attempting to murder a man and a 14-year-old boy, and with attempting to cause grievous bodily harm to a third man in separate incidents in Peterborough on Oct. 31. Prosecutors also authorised theft, carrying a knife and affray charges linked to an incident at a Hertfordshire supermarket and a Peterborough barbershop on Oct. 31.
In addition, Williams faces an assault charge relating to an alleged attack on a train en route to Peterborough from Hertfordshire on Nov. 1. These charges follow an extensive British Transport Police (BTP) investigation into events that culminated in a stabbing on a London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) service as it travelled toward London on the evening of Nov. 1, in which 10 people were injured.
"Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring this case to court and that it is in the public interest to pursue criminal proceedings," said West Midlands Chief Crown Prosecutor Siobhan Blake.
BTP Deputy Chief Constable Stuart Cundy said investigators reviewed other offences either previously reported to police or uncovered during their inquiry. He thanked colleagues in Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire police and the Crown Prosecution Service for their joint work in bringing the charges.
Williams was arrested at Huntingdon station on Nov. 1 after the LNER service was taken off the high-speed line and diverted onto a local route to the town — a manoeuvre authorities say likely limited the scale of the attack. He remains held on remand ahead of a further hearing at Cambridge Crown Court on Dec. 1.
At the December hearing Williams will continue to face the 10 attempted murder counts connected to the LNER incident, an additional attempted murder charge linked to an alleged assault at a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in London, and a separate charge of possessing a knife. The Crown Prosecution Service has said it plans to consolidate the related matters onto a single docket for the Cambridge hearing.