Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Tree cut down

[peterquill]

so this happened here in the uk the other day

the sycamore gap tree made famous when it appeared in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves has been mindlessly cut down

Boy, 16, arrested after felling of famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall

Police in north of England say teenager arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage

www.theguardian.com

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-66958697

gutted, as i always wanted to visit it,

 

[Jaitea]

Sycamore Gap Update • Northumberland National Park

Northumberland National Park Authority can confirm that sadly, the famous tree at Sycamore Gap has come down over night.

www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk

The tree was over 300 years old

J

 

[batguy]

"I hereby sentence you to prison until that tree has grown back like it was."

 

[peterquill]

A man in his sixties has been arrested in connection with the felling of the tree

Sycamore Gap: Man in his 60s held after Hadrian's Wall tree cut down

Police make a second arrest over the cutting-down of the world-famous Hadrian's Wall tree.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[joberg]

^^
I thought it was a 16 years old

 

[peterquill]

^^
I thought it was a 16 years old

as soon as i saw the accuracy of the cut, i thought it had to be someone older and with experiance in chopping down trees

its such a shame some humans are monsters

 

[swgeek]

^^
I thought it was a 16 years old

It's both, two people arrested.

 

[peterquill]

 

[JoMamma_Smurf]

The UK is notoriously soft on pretty much all crime so they wont do any real time. It's a damn shame.

 

[mattycsi]

The UK is notoriously soft on pretty much all crime so they wont do any real time. It's a damn shame.

While sad and senseless, the crime is criminal damage which is a pretty low ranked crime in the UK.
I think the max sentence is 10years if damage is over £5k, I'm not sure how you value a tree? There has been reforms over damage to memorials so it may fall under that too, not up on that these days.
If convicted I think these guys will get the thicker end of sentencing due to the public outcry.

 

[JediMichael]

Well, if they can determine how much wood could be produced, and go by the 2020-2021 prices of lumber, that should put it in that price range for the 10 years sentence.

 

[batguy]

It's just hard to fathom.

I mean, how do you punish it enough? Is it sensible to give a kid 10+ years in prison over it? Some people commit violent rapes & murders, or steal hundreds of millions of dollars, and do less time than that.

 

[CB2001]

Better punishment: have both of them plant multiple trees in an area for one full year, evenly spaced and every tree remain alive.

 

[mattycsi]

Well, if they can determine how much wood could be produced, and go by the 2020-2021 prices of lumber, that should put it in that price range for the 10 years sentence.

It is a tourist attraction, so there is probably capability to estimate lost revenue over an indefinate future timespan. That would certainly get it over the threshold.
Got to prove it was them 1st though.

 

[joberg]

While sad and senseless, the crime is criminal damage which is a pretty low ranked crime in the UK.
I think the max sentence is 10years if damage is over £5k, I'm not sure how you value a tree? There has been reforms over damage to memorials so it may fall under that too, not up on that these days.
If convicted I think these guys will get the thicker end of sentencing due to the public outcry.

Well, they plan to release hundreds of prisoners due to prisons bursting at the seams...so I would be very surprised at a prison sentence for this crime. A fine would be...fine (no pun intended)

 

[mattycsi]

Well, they plan to release hundreds of prisoners due to prisons bursting at the seams...so I would be very surprised at a prison sentence for this crime. A fine would be...fine (no pun intended)

I'm not sure with this one, the public reaction may swing a custodial, its still making regular news round ups.
I know they're going all out on forensics, which is expensive and not the norm unless extensive. Even then, not to the level they have for this.

 

[David3]

Insanity seems to be the new global pandemic right now

 

[JediMichael]

I was showing this to my parents tonight. They visited to that area a few years back. They are thinking they probably dove close to the tree, but do not remember the tree itself, so probably missed it. But totally remember it from the movie.
So of course were disgusted with what people do like this.

 

[mattycsi]

I was showing this to my parents tonight. They visited to that area a few years back. They are thinking they probably dove close to the tree, but do not remember the tree itself, so probably missed it. But totally remember it from the movie.
So of course were disgusted with what people do like this.

To be fair, a lot of people round here had never heard of it until it was cut down and its half hour from my house.
I only learned about it last year!