Arrested couple caught having sex in police paddy wagon

An arrested Australian couple have been caught having sex in the back of a police paddy wagon while being driven to a Territory cop station. Hannah Walker was driving behind the police car and said she was shocked to find the couple bonking in the back when she pulled up behind them at a red light. Police said they had no idea about their randy rendezvous.

Ms Walker was travelling along Gilruth Avenue towards Darwin city when she stopped at the traffic lights that meet Goyder Rd in Parap outside Darwin High School and saw the pair pashing about 5pm on Wednesday. "I saw the two people kissing and thought 'geez, in the back of a paddy wagon - they're keen'," she said.

Ms Walker, 18, said by the time she reached the next set of lights and got stuck behind the police car again the couple were having sex. "It was a red light and I had to sit behind the paddy wagon for a few minutes," she said.



"I couldn't believe it when I saw them just going for it. There was a woman laying on the floor and a man on top. They had clothes on but from their movements you could tell they were having sex. I could see the officer in the side mirrors and he had no idea what was going on."

Ms Walker followed the police car most of the way to her home in Larrakeyah and said it turned down Mitchell St towards the Watch House. NT Police Darwin watch commander Senior Sergeant Daniel Shean said last night police were not aware of any sexual acts being performed in the paddy wagon. But he said the couple had been taken into protective custody to sober up.

"I have spoke with the members involved and they said they did see the couple kissing but did not see any nudity or anything to indicate they were having sex," he said. But he admitted it is hard for officers to see everything that goes on in the back - and urged anyone who witnesses any untoward happenings in the back of a paddy wagon to call police.