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Suspect in Train Stabbing Faces Seven More Charges

Published 19 November 2025

Anthony Williams, a 32-year-old man from Langford Road in Peterborough, has been charged with seven additional offenses linked to incidents the day before a mass stabbing on a high-speed train in Cambridgeshire. He is scheduled to appear at Peterborough Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

The new charges, announced by British Transport Police, all relate to events on October 31. Williams faces counts of attempted murder of a 14-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man in separate incidents in Peterborough, as well as attempted grievous bodily harm against another 22-year-old man in the city. He is also accused of affray and possession of a bladed article during an incident at Ritzy Barbers in Peterborough, theft of knives from an Asda supermarket in Stevenage, and common assault on a 31-year-old man aboard a train traveling between Hitchin and Biggleswade.

These charges build on Williams's earlier indictment for the train attack, which occurred on November 1 aboard a London North Eastern Railway service from Doncaster to London King's Cross. He was remanded in custody on November 3 after being charged with 10 counts of attempted murder, one count of actual bodily harm, and possession of a...

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