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submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage in connection with the felling of the 300-year-old Sycamore Gap tree in the north of England.

Officers arrested the teenager amid an outpouring of sadness over the destruction of the landmark, which has been a feature of the site at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland for hundreds of years. The boy is in custody and assisting officers with their inquiries, Northumbria police said on Thursday.

Locals and national park authorities said they were “struggling to see the logic” in the destruction of a sycamore which had long become “part of this area’s DNA” and had gone through thousands of changes of seasons.

The tree, believed to have been about 300 years old, was made famous when it appeared in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner.

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[-] fruitleatherpostcard@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago

So the various theories I’ve read are:

  • kid is retarded.
  • kid is acting on behalf of family.
  • kid is blamed for family’s act.
  • kid was fired from local ranger service and wanted revenge.
  • all of above.
[-] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 33 points 11 months ago

Kid wanted to be tiktok famous.

[-] 3ntranced@lemmy.world 51 points 11 months ago

Like he said, kid is retarded.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hey now, that's offensive to retarded people. They're smarter than wanting to be TikTok famous.

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