A man accused of attacking passengers and staff on a train in Cambridgeshire has admitted 12 counts of wounding with intent.
Anthony Williams, 33, entered the pleas at Cambridge Crown Court in relation to the 18:25 Doncaster to London service on 1 November last year and incidents in Peterborough and London.
The train made an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon after 999 calls were made by people on board. Emergency crews met the service at the station, which was subsequently closed while evidence was gathered.
Attempted murder charges remain
Williams, of Langford Road in Peterborough, denies 14 counts of attempted murder. The charges relate to the train, three incidents in Peterborough and an incident at Pontoon Dock DLR station in east London.
He appeared at the hearing by video link from Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire. At an earlier hearing, he pleaded not guilty to attempting to murder 10 people on the train near Huntingdon.
Williams also pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to wound with intent, as well as affray at a Peterborough barber shop and stealing knives from an Asda store in Stevenage. The incidents took place on 31 October and 1 November.
He admitted possessing a bladed article in a public place in Peterborough, at Pontoon Dock DLR station and on the train between Peterborough and Huntingdon.
Further guilty pleas included assault occasioning actual bodily harm against a police officer on 2 November and common assault on a Govia Thameslink Railway service between London St Pancras and Biggleswade on 1 November.
Prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC told the court: “The guilty pleas do not resolve the indictment, so there will be a trial.”
Williams continues to deny one count of attempted murder at Pontoon Dock and three counts of attempted murder in Peterborough.
The trial is expected to last six weeks and is due to begin next Monday.