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Stabbed boy felt Huntingdon train attacker 'was not sane', court hears
The jury has been shown this image of Anthony Williams at Peterborough Railway Station, where he boarded the train
A 14-year-old boy stabbed by a man who went on to attack people on a train said he did not feel the knifeman was "mentally sane", a court heard.
The teenager was attacked in Peterborough the day before Anthony Williams is accused of trying to kill 10 people on a train that had to make an emergency stop in Huntingdon in November 2025.
In a video recorded interview played to jurors at Cambridge Crown Court, the boy said: "This random guy… he just pulled out a knife and stabbed me."
Williams, 33, of Langford Road in Peterborough, denies 14 counts of attempted murder - four of which concern attacks prior to the mass train stabbing.
At the time of the attack, the boy, who cannot be named because of his age, was waiting with a friend on a footbridge over the River Nene, before going trick or treating.
Williams drew a knife from his waistband, he said, and "because I was closest to him, he's just stabbed me".
"I didn't feel like he was mentally sane. His eyes were wide open, like he was on something," he said.
"My friend said he was shouting something like 'are you involved?'."
"When he stabbed me, it's like he was there for a knife fight. Like he was waiting for me to pull out something."