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The man accused of attacking people in a mass stabbing on a train last year today admitted a string of charges, including wounding with intent.
Anthony Williams, 32, was arrested in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, on November 1 last year following the alleged incident on a train between Doncaster and London's King's Cross.
He had denied a total of 21 charges including 14 attempted murder charges - ten on the LNER service and four in relation to other incidents said to have occurred on the preceding day.
Appearing at Cambridge Crown Court today via video link, Williams was asked for pleas in relation to 14 new charges.
He admitted wounding with intent in relation to the ten individuals injured on the evening service from Doncaster.
The defendant, who sat in a blue room at the facility and wore a plain white T-shirt, also pleaded guilty to two other charges of wounding with intent and two of attempting to wound, relating to the earlier incidents.
Williams showed no emotion as he said 'guilty' when he was arraigned or re-arraigned on each of the charges.
Anthony Williams, 33, shown in an artist's impression at Cambridge Crown Court
Armed police were called to Huntingdon train station on the evening of November 1 last year following 999 calls from passengers
He also changed his plea to seven of the existing charges.
These included using threatening words or behaviour at Ritzy Barbers on Peterborough, having a bladed article on a footbridge near Henry Pen Walk in the city and stealing kitchen knives from an Asda store in Stevenage, all on October 31.
Charges he admitted as having taken place on November 1 were having a bladed article at Pontoon Dock DLR Station in east London, common assault against an individual on a Govia Thames Link train travelling between St Pancras Station and Biggleswade station and having a bladed article on the LNER train from Doncaster.
He also admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm in relation to a PC on November 2.
Prosecutor Chris Paxton KC said: 'The guilty pleas do not resolve the case and the trial will start on October 26.'
He added section 4 of the Contempt of Court Act which would affect reporting was 'not sought' as 'the jury will know that he has pleaded guilty to these matters'.
Mr Justice Calver KC told the defendant sentencing would be deferred until the conclusion of the trial, which is expected to last five weeks.