Police Officer in Giant Donkey Costume

Met Special Constable Van Gelder, who volunteers for police in Haringey, will be donning the enormous costume, weighing over two-and-a-half stone (17kg), as he pounds the streets of London to raise money for international working animal charity SPANA (the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad).

Nic Van Gelder, 35, part of the SPANA fundraising team, for his 'day job' is hoping to break the charity’s current London Marathon donkey costume record of 7 hours and 47 minutes.

For more information on SPANA visit their website or to sponsor Nic visit his justgiving page.