Prosecutor Christopher Paxton told a Cambridge Crown Court trial on Oct. 28 that Anthony Williams allegedly stabbed 10 people on a Doncaster-to-London train during a 2025 attack, asking one passenger, “Do you want to die?” Williams, 33, has denied 14 attempted-murder charges but previously admitted intending to harm people. Prosecutors also allege he stabbed four others in London and another UK town hours earlier.
WHO:Prosecutor Christopher Paxton
WHAT:Paxton told the court that Anthony Williams allegedly stabbed 10 people aboard a train and threatened a passenger.
WHEN:Oct 28, 2026
WHERE:Cambridge, UK
WHY:Paxton’s statement was made at the start of Williams’s trial on attempted-murder charges.
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