Caught, Those Who Allegedly Cut Down The Tree.

[Khandro]

https://news.sky.com/story/two-men-charged-over-felling-of-sycamore-gap-tree-13126298

But how can there be a punishment which fits this crime, will it be a fine & a slap on the wrists?

What does the law say? What do you say ?

[DTCwordfan]

chop their branches off?

as a two-man labour gang, rebuild Hadrian's Wall?

 

[Old_Geezer]

Perhaps they could see how they like being cut down to the stumps 

[Buenchico]

Assuming that the CPS can show that the value of the damage is greater than £5,000, see here:
https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/offences/magistrates-court/item/criminal-damage-other-than-by-fire-value-exceeding-5000-racially-or-religiously-aggravated-criminal-damage/

[ToraToraTora]

Find another similar tree and hang them from it. Damn Savages.

[ToraToraTora]

I'm just curious why they did it.

[Khandro]

That's interesting Chris - '12 years custardy max.'  That tree has got to be valued at more than £5,000 because no sum could replace it. 

[piggynose]

They could start by planting about a 1000 trees!!

[david small]

A custodial sentence would appear to be appropriate.

Three years, out in eighteen months.

[tommy39]

1 tree,think how many were destroyed for hs2

[douglas9401]

Obviously had the top bobbies on the case.

Special Branch?

[Ken4155]

You're out on a limb with that one, Doug.

[douglas9401]

Aye, they may yet be charged with treeson.

[Old_Geezer]

Trees on the HS2 route were hardly tourist attractions nor the only tree around that all appreciated. No comparison.

[piggynose]

21.03 TLM!

[Khandro]

Update:

https://archive.ph/BWcNv

[drmorgans]

 

The Roman's used to punish people by making them wear wooden shoes or by strapping a block of wood to their necks.

 

[Khandro]

//The Roman's used to punish people by making them wear wooden shoes //

 

Oop north we all used to wear wooden shoes workin' in't mill, wi called em 'clogs'  😃

[douglas9401]

Reports in Irish media claim more than two miscreants, citing t'ree fellers.

[ToraToraTora]

I just cannot fathom what possible reason would someone go out of their way to cut a tree down.

[Canary42]

I've said before in Answerbank that vandalism is a case where the punishment should fit the crime.   In this case cut off something of theirs which won't re-grow (the mind boggles).

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Law/Criminal/Question1866672.html