A brave LNER train worker tried to repel the alleged Huntingdon train attacker with a frying pan before being stabbed, a trial heard today.
Samir Zitouni waved the implement at Anthony Williams, 33, moments after he allegedly stabbed a passenger during what prosecutors labelled a ‘rampage’ onboard the LNER service from Doncaster to London on November 1 last year.
The trial at Cambridge Crown Court heard of the terror – and moments of astonishing bravery – on display as Williams marched through a succession of carriages with a knife attacking passengers, leaving some with grievous injuries.
Ten people were attacked on the train, while
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