'Do you want beef with the devil?' Train attacker told victim before stabbing him, court hears

A man who stabbed a teenage boy on a DLR train in London asked his victim if he wanted "beef with the devil", a court heard today.Anthony Williams, 33, denies attempting to murder Isaiah Idris in the early hours of November 1 last year on a DLR train heading to Pontoon Dock station.He further denies 13 additional counts of attempted murder relating to three people in Peterborough on October 31, and an attack on 10 people on a London-bound LNER train on the evening of November 1.Giving evidence at Cambridge Crown Court, one witness said: "I saw him [Williams] grab his waistband and pull out a knife and stab him [Idris]. Everyone on the train started screaming and everyone was huddled in the corner. It looked like he was targeting him. He...

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