That tree..

[A100man]

Can't get my heard around how much coverage thi is getting..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvg93k0950pt

Yes, the men did a bad thing it was a nice tree, but 620Ks worth? Seriously?? and a live trial coverage by BBC news - have a word.
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[Ste]

[doggone]

The supposed value is ridiculous yet damage to the wall seems on the low side.
It might have blown down anyway in Storm Darragh and lifted a big piece of wall into the air on root ball.
It would eventually become an issue - too near wall anyway.
But no idea why they'd want to do it why take such a risk it's obvious there'd be an uproar.

[stinkwheel]

The fun fact is, sycamores were introduced to the UK in the post-Roman era. So it's actually a non-native invasive species.
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[WD Forte]

Britain has a shit ton of introduced species some good some not.
and they're not all in Kew gardens.
Go to your local park and you'll likely find some examples

Native or not, lots of people liked that somewhat iconic sycamore
and its senseless felling really pissed them off.
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[rpsmith79]

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What should happen is the wood from the tree gets processed, built into a scaffold and hang them from it. True justice*

* If found guilty of course.
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[Kawasaki Jimbo]

I’d never heard of this tree but still… two grown men (32 and 39) went out of their way to do this hoping to upset people for their own entertainment. Couple of weirdos.

[Polarbear]

Should be taken out and fucked by a gorilla for utter stupidity. Why? 15 minutes of fame? They will be going down for it because the tree huggers will demand the ultimate penalty.
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[Polarbear]

They are going down for a few years I would guess.

Pair guilty of cutting down Sycamore Gap tree....which could be up to 10 years in prison, the court heard.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly38wr66dro
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[DaddyStu]

It was main news on the Beeb - ahead of India-Pakistan, Israels genocide etc.

A nice tree it was but ffs - plant another.
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[Ste]

I thought prisons were close to capacity and that's why thousands of violent offenders had to be released early.

This report says jails in England and Wales will be full by early 2026 and short of 5,400 spaces by November 2027.

In 2023/24, the average cost of a prison place in England and Wales was £56,987 a year.

It's a shame that the amount of community service someone can be given is limited to 300 hours.

[M.C]

[Polarbear]

[DaddyStu]

[stinkwheel]

Another wee factoid, from having felled big sycamores before, they invariably break back from the base and coppice themselves. Damned hard to fully get rid of one unless you dig out the stump. The powers that be have been industriously chopping the new growth off, grafting it and replanting it elsewhere.

Give it a few years unmolested and there will be a 10 foot high coppiced bush there.

So we probably get down to they didn't actually kill the tree but that people wont like the aesthetics of how it grows back.
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[doggone]

Coppicing it could have been officially suggested as a way to extend its life and reduce the risk of it falling on the wall in a storm.
Regrowth can be very rapid within ten years there'd be a significant multi-trunk tree there.

Most trees are not that long lived you realise this as you get older and are felling semi-mature trees you planted in your youth because they are getting too big.

[Feasty]

I see the problem now as this being the start of things to come, you're not telling me in the next 5-20 years we'll not get another pair of pissed up idiots remembering this story and thinking it a great idea to go and chop it down again for fame!

I get both sides, it is just a tree and we have millions of them. This one just happened to be in the right place at the right time to make a bit of a name for itself.
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[M.C]

[rpsmith79]

[A100man]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

The wonky pub fire was a scam though, either insurance or change of use. The supposedly famous tree was cut down for some sort of laugh, although they aren’t laughing now.

[Polarbear]

[Ste]