2023-09-28 23:16:53
A 16-year-old teenager was arrested this Thursday as the main suspect for “causing criminal damage” after the “deliberate act of vandalism” in relation to the felling of the famous Sycamore Gap Tree in the north of England, according to police. Northumbria. The same sources confirmed that the young man is collaborating with the agents in their investigations, but for now no further details have been released.
The police arrested the teenager amid a wave of sadness and shock in the United Kingdom over the destruction of this symbol in the early hours of the morning, as it was a mandatory stop for any hiker who visited the Northumberland National Park and approached the ‘Wall. Hadrian’s’, Roman fortification, in the county of Northumberland.
This majestic tree, believed to be around 300 years old, rose to fame when it appeared in a scene in the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), starring Kevin Costner. , Morgan Freeman and Alan Rickman.
In addition to its presence in the cinema, the tree was named Tree of the Year in 2016 in a competition organized by the Woodland Trust – the largest forest conservation charity in the United Kingdom -, making it a national treasure and a place loved by thousands of people.
The base of the trunk still preserved offerings from the last visitors
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Superintendent Kevin Waring, of Northumbria Police, told the English media: “This is a world-renowned landmark and today’s actions have caused significant emotional impact, sadness and anger throughout the local community and beyond. “. An investigation has been opened after this act of vandalism. On the same Thursday afternoon, the alleged perpetrator of the arboricide was arrested.
“People have spread their ashes there. People have made commitments there. I’ve picnicked there with my wife and kids. It’s part of our collective soul. We must bring whoever did this to justice,” said Mayor Jamie Driscoll. North of Tyne, in statements collected by the BBC at the site of the felling.
Despite the insistence of the Northumberland National Park management that no one go near the place so as not to hinder the investigation work, as well as the tasks of the park technicians, many chose to ignore the recommendation, to the point that the The police had to intervene and extend the security perimeter to a hundred meters.
Whoever is responsible for this crime will die a fucking horrible death in my next book.”
LJRoss
Kim McGuinness, Northumbria’s police and crime commissioner, told The Guardian: “This senseless crime has forever damaged an icon in the North East, I think all of us as a region are shocked by what has happened.”
“Sycamore Gap no longer exists, some headless idiot seems to have torn it down during the night. What’s going on in people’s minds?” the owner of one of the best-known pubs in the area, the Crown, tried to argue into the microphones. Inn at Humshaugh.
Another sign of the loss of this celebrity. The English thriller author Louise Ross, known by the pseudonym LJRoss, shared with her followers on her social networks her sadness at the loss of this “iconic and beautiful tree that inspired my second book.” In another message she commented on the reasons for committing such a “crime” and sent a message to the perpetrator. “Whoever is responsible will die a fucking horrible death in my next book. Cretins.”
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