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  • Start date Sep 28, 2023
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PVA

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 28, 2023
  • #1
Bit of a strange story.

Shame to see such a landmark ruined

Sycamore Gap: Boy, 16, arrested after Hadrian's Wall tree felled

The Sycamore Gap tree was cut down overnight in what police believe was an act of vandalism.
www.bbc.com
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 28, 2023
  • #2
PVA said:
Bit of a strange story.

Shame to see such a landmark ruined

Sycamore Gap: Boy, 16, arrested after Hadrian's Wall tree felled

The Sycamore Gap tree was cut down overnight in what police believe was an act of vandalism.
www.bbc.com
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Real shame , little bellend that did it
 

Wyken Sky Blue

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  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #3
Hope the twat is named and shamed, it's not as if it can be replaced in no time!

Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk
 

Otis

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  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #4
skyblue1991 said:
Hope the twat is named and shamed, it's not as if it can be replaced in no time!

Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk
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Well my immediate first two questions are how and why.

Where did he get the tools from? That's one huge tree.

As for the why, the only thing that I can conjure up in my fevered brain is that maybe he was drugged up

Just all seems so senseless
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #5
Otis said:
Well my immediate first two questions are how and why.

Where did he get the tools from? That's one huge tree.
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That’s the thing isn’t it. Has to be premeditated as it’s not like you could just be going past pissed up and decide to do it

Can’t quite get my head around why anyone would want to do this. Given the location and the fact it’s national trust land you can’t even say some developer has paid someone to do it
 
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hill83

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #6
Tenner bet a video of it being cut down pops up on tiktok or something.
 
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ajsccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #7
My money's on it being for some kind of tiktok
 
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hill83

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  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #8
ajsccfc said:
My money's on it being for some kind of tiktok
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fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #9
I reckon a video of this will pop up on one of those so-called social media websites
 
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jimmyhillsfanclub

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  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #10
How many 16 year olds have access to a chainsaw?

They should build a set of stocks out of the fallen tree, put the little c**t in them & post that up on tiktok.
 

ajsccfc

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  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #11
hill83 said:
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Otis

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  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #12
hill83 said:
Tenner bet a video of it being cut down pops up on tiktok or something.
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Yup, could well be. Probably a TikTok challenge like you say
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #13
The way things are up there these days if hes got a few million to bung Eddie Howes way he should get a pass for a bit of chopping.
 

ccfctommy

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #14
RIP A Tree
 
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wingy

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  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #15
Oh it could be the SNP.
 

ccfctommy

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  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #16
Just saw someone on twitter saying the guy who did it should get ten years hahahahaha
 

ajsccfc

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  • Sep 29, 2023
  • #17
A man in his 60s has been arrested now so maybe it was for Facebook instead
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #18

Sycamore Gap: Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in jail for felling famous tree

The chopping down of the tree in September 2023 led to a huge outpouring of anger and emotion.
www.bbc.co.uk

Absolute idiots... 110%

But I cannot, when prisons are supposedly at breaking point and people are walking away from court with convictions of Child Sex Offences with suspended sentences get on board with 4 years in prison

A heavy fine and hours of community service should have been the way forward
 
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fatso

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  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #19
alexccfc99 said:

Sycamore Gap: Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in jail for felling famous tree

The chopping down of the tree in September 2023 led to a huge outpouring of anger and emotion.
www.bbc.co.uk

Absolute idiots... 110%

But I cannot, when prisons are supposedly at breaking point and people are walking away with convictions of Child Sex Offences with suspended sentences get on board with 4 years in prison

A heavy fine and hours of community service should have been the way forward
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The country has gone to rat shit.
We lock these twats up for 4 years, and lock a mother up for 3 years for a nasty tweet, while not even wanting to investigate rape gangs who target our children.
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #20
fatso said:
The country has gone to rat shit.
We lock these twats up for 4 years, and lock a mother up for 3 years for a nasty tweet, while not even wanting to investigate rape gangs who target our children.
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They cut down a tree. The mother sent racist messages.
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #21
Huw Edwards served not a day in prison for producing and possession of extreme child pornography, that is why I cannot get on board with a 4 year sentence for the felling of a tree
 
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wingy

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  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #22
alexccfc99 said:
Huw Edwards served not a day in prison for producing and possession of extreme child pornography, that is why I cannot get on board with a 4 year sentence for the felling of a tree
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It's symbolic/iconic, not judging but that's why they've received the sentence,NT vibes around it.
 

alexccfc99

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  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #23
wingy said:
It's symbolic/iconic, not judging but that's why they've received the sentence,NT vibes around it.
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And yet acres and acres of countryside and natural beauty spots in The Shires have been ruined to facilitate the building of a train that gets you to from Brum to London 15 mins quicker than the one that already exists
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #24
alexccfc99 said:

Sycamore Gap: Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in jail for felling famous tree

The chopping down of the tree in September 2023 led to a huge outpouring of anger and emotion.
www.bbc.co.uk

Absolute idiots... 110%

But I cannot, when prisons are supposedly at breaking point and people are walking away from court with convictions of Child Sex Offences with suspended sentences get on board with 4 years in prison

A heavy fine and hours of community service should have been the way forward
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The equivalent argument is not one that is helpful but this sentence is nonsense
Most imprisonment is about danger to society and can the risk to society be managed outside a prison environment
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #25
Didn't realise this thead exited made my comments on "things that anger you " this morning.
When are we going to start thinking about the victims of some of the henious crimes being commited and sentence accordingly.
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #26
thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
Didn't realise this thead exited made my comments on "things that anger you " this morning.
When are we going to start thinking about the victims of some of the henious crimes being commited and sentence accordingly.
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They caused hundreds of thousands of pounds of damage, killed a 100 year old living thing and showed zero remorse about it. They clearly didn’t give a fuck and a slap on the wrist would have done nothing.
 
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rob9872

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  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #27
Should've been 200 hours community service planting trees and put them in stocks in the space for the public to throw rotten veg at. The extra tourism would've been lucrative for the area.

As for millions of pounds of damage, a tree fell on a wall in the countryside. How its valued I have no idea.

Seem like a pair of cunts though so I'll not lose any sleep over them.
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #28
rob9872 said:
Should've been 200 hours community service planting trees and put them in socks in the fsp for the public to throw rotten veg at. The extra tourism would've been lucrative for the area.

As for millions of pounds of damage, a tree fell on a wall in the countryside. How its valued I have no idea.

Seem like a pair of cunts though so I'll not lose any sleep over them.
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Well you’ve got 100 years of effort for a start plus damage to a UNESCO world heritage site.
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #29
shmmeee said:
They caused hundreds of thousands of pounds of damage, killed a 100 year old living thing and showed zero remorse about it. They clearly didn’t give a fuck and a slap on the wrist would have done nothing.
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Nobody is doubting what they did was utterly moronic
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #30
shmmeee said:
They caused hundreds of thousands of pounds of damage, killed a 100 year old living thing and showed zero remorse about it. They clearly didn’t give a fuck and a slap on the wrist would have done nothing.
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They are getting a sentence equivalant to the average 1 handed out to a person who has KILLED someone through dangerous driving not a tree a human being.
Dont fill the jails with people like these despicable pair find other ways to punish them.
 
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Macca

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  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #31
Meanwhile the countryside being flattened every day to build shit lego housing estates with no punishment at all
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Jul 16, 2025
  • #32
alexccfc99 said:
And yet acres and acres of countryside and natural beauty spots in The Shires have been ruined to facilitate the building of a train that gets you to from Brum to London 15 mins quicker than the one that already exists
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Sorry that's the same silly logic that leads to four year sentences
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 17, 2025
  • #33
thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
They are getting a sentence equivalant to the average 1 handed out to a person who has KILLED someone through dangerous driving not a tree a human being.
Dont fill the jails with people like these despicable pair find other ways to punish them.
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Good. They did it intentionally because they thought it was funny. TBH sounds like you would as well. There’s serious penalties and costs for destroying mature trees for very good reason.
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 17, 2025
  • #34
alexccfc99 said:
And yet acres and acres of countryside and natural beauty spots in The Shires have been ruined to facilitate the building of a train that gets you to from Brum to London 15 mins quicker than the one that already exists
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Bit of a difference building essential infrastructure after spending billions on consultations for years than getting pissed and taking a chainsaw to an ancient tree for a laugh.

You might want to actually read what HS2 is as well.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jul 17, 2025
  • #35
They’ll probably only serve a third of the sentence in prison in reality.
 
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