The man accused of a knife attack on board an LNER train in Huntingdon last year "spat at" a police officer on a train travelling to Peterborough, a court has heard.
Multiple people were injured on the service travelling to London King's Cross on November 1, 2025 which was forced to make an emergency stop in Huntingdon.
Anthony Williams, 33, denies 14 counts of attempted murder: ten of them in relation to the LNER train, three said to have happened in Peterborough and one at Pontoon Dock DLR station in London.
Earlier this month, Williams pleaded guilty to 10 counts of wounding with intent relating to the incident on the LNER train, the wounding with intent of a man at Pontoon Dock DLR station in the early hours of November 1 and to the wounding with intent of a 14-year-old boy in Peterborough on October 31, as well as a number of other offences.
At Cambridge Crown Court on November 3, Prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC told jurors that a man, agreed by the prosecution and defence to be Williams, 'spat at' a passenger, Jordan Morley, on a train travelling to Peterborough at around 8am on November 1, 2025.
Mr Morley, a police detention officer at Islington Custody, was on his way home from work and had boarded the 7.16am service at King's Cross St Pancras, the court heard in a statement read out by the prosecution.
He "felt what I would describe as a spray of spittle" as he sat on the train which had just stopped at Hitchin, the court heard.
The court heard how Mr Morley was "almost in disbelief that he had spat at him".
He had no previous interaction with the male who spat at him, the court was told.
Mr Morley exited the train at Biggleswade and sent a text message to British Transport Police at 8.18am on November 1, 2025, the court heard.
Williams has pleaded guilty to common assault on a Thameslink train travelling between London and Biggleswade on November 1.
The trial continues.
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