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Man accused of mass train stabbing admits wounding
Emergency crews met the train at Huntingdon railway station, one stop south of Peterborough, after 999 calls were made from people on board
A man accused of a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire last year has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of wounding with intent.
Passengers and staff were injured on the 18:25 Doncaster-London service on Saturday, 1 November after it left Peterborough, causing it to make an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon railway station.
Anthony Williams, 33, has denied 14 counts of attempted murder, relating to the train and to incidents in London and Peterborough, and is due to stand trial next week.
Appearing at a pre-trial review at Cambridge Crown Court, Williams, of Langford Road in Peterborough, pleaded guilty to the lesser wounding charges and several other offences.
He appeared via video link from Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire.
At an earlier hearing, Williams pleaded not guilty to attempting to murder Jonathan Gjoshe, Sachin Balakrishnan, David Presland, Scott Bletcher, Scott Green, Kevin Deely, Stephen Crean, Raza Aslam, Michael Paffett, and Samir Zitouni on the train near Huntingdon on 1 November.
In front of Mr Justice Calver this Monday, Williams pleaded guilty to 12 counts of wounding with intent and two of attempting to wound with intent in relation to incidents on the train, and earlier in Peterborough and London.
Huntingdon Station was closed for a couple of days while evidence was gathered
He also admitted affray at a barber shop in Peterborough on 31 October and the theft of knives from an Asda store in Stevenage on 31 October.