‘Do you want to die?’ Knifeman asked victim as he stabbed him six times

A Nottingham Forest supporter has told how the suspected Huntingdon train knifeman asked him, “Do you want to die?” as he stabbed him six times.

Speaking to the UK Telegraph at his London home, Stephen Crean, 61, recalled leaving his seat to confront alleged attacker Anthony Williams, armed with nothing but his fists.

Williams, 32, was charged on Monday with 11 counts of attempted murder, one of which took place in the early hours of Saturday (AEDT).

The inkmaker said he tried to stop the attack, which left 11 people injured, because “it did not dawn on me not to”.

“It was me with him,” Crean said. “He had a great big oversized kitchen knife – it was as if it was a Japanese sword or something. He came towards me and said to me, ‘Do you want to die?’ That’s what he said.”

Crean was r