Anthony Williams faces 14 counts of attempted murder at Cambridge Crown Court following a violent spree that included a mass stabbing on a London-bound rail service. While the defense does not contest that the 33-year-old carried out the assaults, jurors must decide whether he acted with specific intent to kill. The proceedings are examining his erratic behavior leading up to the multi-location attacks across Peterborough, London, and Huntingdon. Jurors heard evidence that police failed to detain him at Stevenage station just a day prior because he fled onto the tracks.
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Jurors must determine whether Williams possessed the specific intent to kill, as the phys…: Jurors must determine whether Williams possessed the specific intent to kill, as the physical acts are undisputed.
The alleged offenses spanned multiple locations, including Peterborough, an east London l…: The alleged offenses spanned multiple locations, including Peterborough, an east London light rail train, and Huntingdon.
The defendant has pleaded not guilty to all 14 counts of attempted murder as the legal pr…: The defendant has pleaded not guilty to all 14 counts of attempted murder as the legal proceedings continue.
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A man accused of a mass train stabbing was heard saying "I am the baddest, no-one is as bad as me", on a different train the day before the attack, a court has heard.
Anthony Williams is accused of attempting to murder 10 people on a London-bound train which had to make an emergency stop in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire on 1 November last year.
A passenger texted the British Transport Police reporting a male behaving erractically the night before, Cambridge Crown Court heard.
Williams, 33, of Langford Road in Peterborough, denies 14 counts of attempted murder over events on the train, and beforehand in Peterborough and London.
He is accused of trying to kill three people in Peterborough during the evening of 31 October. Later that night he boarded a train from the city's railway station, headed towards London.
In a statement read to jurors, another passenger, Keirah Lee-Oakman, said a male entered the train, sat down and "appeared to be talking and mumbling to himself".
She said he began walking up and down the carriages stating "boom and…
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