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Train attacker said 'I am the baddest', trial hears

Train attacker said 'I am the baddest', trial hears

Summary

A court heard testimony that Anthony Williams behaved erratically on a train the night before a stabbing attack on a London-bound train on 1 November 2025. Williams denies 14 counts of attempted murder, and jurors must decide whether he intended to kill the people named in the charges.

Key Facts

  • Anthony Williams, 33, is accused of attempting to murder 10 people on a train that made an emergency stop in Huntingdon.
  • Passenger Keirah Lee-Oakman said Williams talked to himself, made references to the devil and behaved aggressively on a train the previous night.
  • Lee-Oakman texted British Transport Police about his behavior.
  • Police officers attended at Stevenage station but did not continue following the man after he went onto the tracks and they deemed it unsafe.
  • Passenger Abbie Harrison-Evans said Williams repeatedly grabbed a black rucksack and said, “I’m going to do it.”
  • Ethan Daniels testified that he heard Williams say, “I am the baddest, no-one is as bad as me.”
  • Williams is also accused of trying to kill three people in Peterborough and a teenager on a Docklands Light Railway train in London.
  • The trial has heard that whether Williams carried out the attacks is not in question; jurors must consider whether he intended to kill the people named in the charges.
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