A man accused of stabbing 10 people on a train has been slapped with further charges after the attack on a high-speed train in Cambridgeshire earlier this month.
Anthony Williams was already facing 11 counts of attempted murder relating to the alleged knife attack on a LNER service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross on November 1 and a separate incident in London on October 31.
British Transport Police (BTP) said on Wednesday that the 32-year-old Peterborough man, had been charged with seven additional offences, including the attempted murder of a 14-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man.
He is also facing charges of attempted grievous bodily harm of a 28-year-old man in Peterborough.
BTP Deputy Chief Constable Stuart Cundy said it was a “significant set of new charges”.
“Our investigation into the awful incident at Huntingdon has also focused on other offences previously reported to police or identified by our investigation,” he added.
“We have worked closely with our colleagues in Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Police alongside the Crown Prosecution Service to bring these charges.”
The new charges include the attempted murder of a 14-year-old boy at Henry Penn Walk in Peterborough on October 31 as well as attempted grievous bodily harm (GBH) of a 28-year-old man at Viersen Platz in Peterborough on the same day.
Officers investigate the scene on the LNER train at Huntingdon station | PAHe has also been charged with the attempted murder of a 22-year-old man near Pleasure Fiar Meadow Road in Peterborough on October 31 and affray and possession of a bladed article in connection to an alleged incident at Ritzy Barbers in Peterborough on the same day.
Williams has also been charged with theft of knives from Asda supermarket in Stevenage on October 31 and common assault of a 31-year-old man on-board a train travelling between Hitchin and Biggleswade on October 31.
He is due to appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday afternoon.
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