Man in court over Doncaster train stabbings and separate London attack
A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of ten counts of attempted murder following a knife attack on a Doncaster to London King’s Cross LNER train and a separate attack at a rail station in London.
Anthony Williams, 32, appeared at Peterborough Magistrates' Court following the attack on the 18.25 Azuma service on Saturday night.
The charges are:
Ten counts of attempted murder
Actual bodily harm in connection to an alleged assault on a police officer in a custody suite, following the attack
One count of possession of bladed article in connection to the incident in Cambridgeshire
Another count of attempted murder in a separate incident at Pontoon Dock Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station, London, in the early hours of Saturday
Another count of possession of a bladed article in connection to the incident at Pontoon Dock.
Williams, of no fixed abode, was remanded in custody.
His next appearance will be at Cambridge Crown Court on 1 December.
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