A witness to the terror attack in London Bridge returned to Borough Market on Sunday morning to pay his bill and tip the staff in the restaurant where he had been having dinner with friends on Saturday night.

Richard Angell was in Arabica Bar and Kitchen in the market when the attackers arrived on the street. On Saturday night, he described hearing gunfire and seeing people covered in blood as the attack unfolded.

Speaking to BuzzFeed News at the police cordon on Borough High Street on Sunday morning, he said: "These people shouldn't win. This is the best city in the world and Borough Market is one of my favourite bits of the best city in the world. I'm not going to let the barbaric acts of cowardly people minimise that."

Angell, director of the left-leaning think tank Progress, said he would be returning to the restaurant once it reopens. "I've got to pay my bill. Also, we haven't given the staff a tip and they looked out for us when they should have been helping themselves. It was lovely food and I want the rest of my main course.

"If they [the extremists] have a problem with me having a G&T with friends and flirting and being gay then I'm going to carry on doing it. If that's so barbaric to these people then two fingers up to them."

Recalling the events of the previous night, he said: "We were sitting in the restaurant at the table nearest the door, which is quite horrifying to think about.

"Suddenly we were aware of security saying lock the door and duck and cover. People jumped to the floor, knocking over tables. I looked up and saw outside a guy throwing chairs and a table at the restaurant opposite. It was totally unclear what it was but it turned out to be this hero.

"As we tried to bring people upstairs and bring some calm and order, I looked up and saw a guy leaving the Black and Blue restaurant next door, holding his chest and neck, covered in blood.

"He staggered around. I hope he got some help. By that point we were locked in and we managed to stop people wanting to leave by the fire escape."

He paid tribute to the speed with which police and paramedics arrived at the scene. "It felt like they were there almost immediately. They were absolutely brilliant.



"There were shoes everywhere from women running away fast and there was blood on the street. I noticed a group of paramedics working on this woman face-first on the ground. They have to run to the danger and then turn their back on it while the rest of us run for our lives."