Passenger reported Huntingdon train attacker saying “I am the baddest,” trial hears
Report from the previous night
A passenger contacted British Transport Police after seeing a man behaving erratically on a train the night before the alleged attack, Cambridge Crown Court heard. Jurors were told the man said, “I am the baddest, no-one is as bad as me.” The passenger described him pacing through the carriages and making remarks including “boom and power” and “I haven’t got it”, while also referring to the devil. Officers went to Stevenage station, but the man got onto the tracks and police later decided it was unsafe to pursue him.
Witness describes train journey
Abbie Harrison-Evans was travelling with her partner, Ethan Daniels. She told the court a man was shouting near the front of the train and playing Halloween music from his phone. Harrison-Evans sent Daniels a Snapchat asking, “we going to get attacked or what?” She said the man appeared to reach inside a black rucksack and recalled hearing him say, “I’m going to do it, I’m going to do it,” then, “I cannot do it.”
Charges and question for jury
The people named in the charges are Raza Aslam, Sachin Balakrishnan, Scott Bletcher, Stephen Crean, Kevin Deely, Jonathan Gjoshe, Scott Green, Michael Paffett, David Presland and Samir Zitouni. The court has heard that jurors must decide whether Williams intended to kill them.
Key points
- A court heard evidence about his reported behaviour on a train the night before.
- Abbie Harrison-Evans said she feared the man might hurt passengers.
- Jurors must decide whether Williams intended to kill the people named in the charges.