Tour guide 'grossly negligent' in crocodile death

A guide who invited foreign tourists to swim in crocodile-infested waters in northern Australia acted in a “grossly negligent” manner that led to the death of a German visitor, a coroner’s report said today.

Isabel von Jordan, 23, drowned in October 2002 after being mauled by a 15ft, 78st crocodile while swimming with other tourists in Kakadu National Park, south of the northern city of Darwin.