Man in Train Stabbing Case Charged with Additional Offenses

A man accused of carrying out a mass stabbing on a high-speed train in Cambridgeshire has been charged with seven additional offenses, including two counts of attempted murder, related to incidents the day before the attack.

Anthony Williams, 32, of Langford Road in Peterborough, faces the new charges stemming from events on October 31, 2024. He is accused of attempting to murder a 14-year-old boy, whose identity is protected for legal reasons, at a footbridge above Henry Penn Walk in Peterborough. In a separate incident that evening, he is charged with the attempted murder of 22-year-old William Ogelby at the Rail World car park in the same city. Williams is also accused of attempting to wound 28-year-old Dawid Taborski at the footbridge. These alleged attacks occurred around 7 p.m.

Further charges include affray at Ritzys Barbers in Queens Walk, Peterborough, around 7:20 p.m. that day; theft of a four-pack of kitchen knives worth 15 pounds from an Asda store in Stevenage around 10:30 p.m.; common assault of Jordan Morley on a train from Kings Cross to Peterborough around 7 a.m. on November 1; and possession of a bladed article in public places at the footbridge, Rail World car...