Pommy cop’s croc shock while getting his photo taken in picturesque Territory setting
A former London cop had a shock brush with a croc while getting his photo taken in picturesque Territory setting. Picture: Bruce Magilton
LIFE is never dull for a Territory cop, even in the tiny community of Warruwi on the Golburn Islands, 300km east of Darwin.
Sergeant Paul Maccioni and Senior Constable Martin Bond are entrusted with keeping the peace in the community of 500. Sen-Constable Bond, a Pom who spent 19 years as a London bobby, has just earned himself a new nickname, “the Other White Meat”.
“He’s as white as,” Sgt Maccioni said of his partner.
But it’s not just Sen-Constable Bond’s complexion that won him his new handle.
A brush with an inquisitive croc at the local boat ramp the other evening has also helped.
“Young Marty was standing at the end of the barge landing. It was quite picturesque and I said, ‘mate, I’ll take a photo’.
“He’s turned around and he’s faced me. And I’ve taken a photo. And he’s walked towards me.
“And as he’s walked towards me, this bloody croc has popped up behind him, stuck its head out the water and done a U-turn and swum off.
“And I thought, ‘geez, what a cheeky little bastard’.
“I reckon she was just saying, ‘bugger off, this is my turf’.”
It’s one of two crocs in the area.
One is a 3.5m male and the female is 2.5m.
