A KENT man caught up in the drama of the London bomb attack has told of chaos in the capital.

Sam Topley, an IT manager, from New Romney, near Hythe, was outside Waterloo station when the capital was effectively closed by seven bomb attacks.

Mr Topley, 25, had been waiting for a bus when people started pouring out of the station after it was closed. He explained how he had heard about the bombing as he was on his way up to London for a meeting.

He said: "We heard something about electrical surges and then my train was delayed so I called the office where I was meant to be having a meeting and they explained that some bombs had gone off.

"I told people on the train and a lot of them decided to go straight home but I thought I would try and get to my meeting.

"I was standing outside Waterloo trying to decide whether to get a bus or a taxi when suddenly people started running out of the station all really confused.

"Everyone was trying to use their mobile phones but couldn’t get through. Then people were queuing to try and use the pay phones.

"Then there were police cars going everywhere, it was chaos. All the buses were stopped and you just couldn’t get anywhere. No one knew what was going to happen next.

It was horrible - I was shaking outside the station.

Mr Topley’s journey home took him via Strood, Gravesend and Maidstone in a desperate bid to find a train back to New Romney.

He added: "I got a train to Strood because that was the only one leaving. Then I transferred to Gravesend and ended up at Maidstone West, then going to Maidstone East to try and get a train home. It has been terrible."