A Suffolk man had a lucky escape after he leapt on to the back of a train and clung on for six minutes before he fell off.

Will Shropshire, 24, even took a mobile phone call from friends inside the carriage as the train reached up to 50mph.

He escaped with bruises to his leg but faces prosecution for his white-knuckle ride from Marks Tey to Chappel and Wakes Colne in Essex.

Mr Shropshire, of Long Melford, said he leapt on as the train pulled out the station after he visited station toilets.

A spokesman for British Transport police said: "It was a very silly thing to do."

we've had a kid (15) who hijacked a train for about 10mins before BTP boarded and arrested him