Huntingdon Train Attack: Day One

The jury is sworn in during the trial of Anthony Williams from Peterborough who is accused of carrying out a multiple stabbing attacks on a train in Cambridgeshire in 2025, and separate attacks earlier that day and the day before.

Join BBC Cambridgeshire’s Phil Shepka and BBC Journalist Luke de Costa as they follow this trial at Cambridge Crown Court.

Anthony Williams, 33, denies 14 counts of attempted murder. Ten counts of attempted murder during the incident on the LNER train that arrived in Huntingdon, one count of attempted murder over an incident at Pontoon Dock DLR station in London on the same day and three counts of attempted murder the day before in Peterborough on Friday 31 October 2025.

Reporter: Phil Shepka

Presenter/Producer: Luke de Costa

Executive Producer: Rebecca Parker

Commissioning Editor: Alistair Miskin