Leekbrookgull
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Find it a bit hard to believe just a 16yo involved, no doubt that more will come out over the next few days.
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[News] Sycamore Gap Tree
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KZNSeagull
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Just googled it and google maps are now calling it Sycamore Stump which seems rather cruel and unnecessary.
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Makes no sense either - the "Gap" in the name wasn't to do with the tree anyway.
KZNSeagull
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This is a very rural area, every farm up here will own at least 1 chainsaw so they are not difficult to get hold of.
A Japanese hand-held draw-saw could have had the tree down in under a minute. A mate of mine has a set. They are absolutely breathtaking.
Ike and Tina Burner
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- Mar 22, 2019
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I'd suggest people reign in the hate filled rhetoric towards this kid, at least until more details emerge. Doing something like this is potentially not the behaviour of someone who is mentally well.
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You do know that Jamie is dead, right?One word... JAMIE!!
I thought it was a sycamore?
Worried Man Blues
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Tree rage revenge..........Beware of the flowers cause they're gonna get you yeh! .
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Yes. It's a figure of speech in this context
Dave the OAP
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Capability brown used to replant huge forests in country homes, back in the 19th century….so I would have thought that we could dig up and plant another sycamore.
the perpetrators of this crime against nature ( and I am sure it was not just this 16year old) should be publicly flogged and then hung, drawn and quartered and their bits scattered around Selhurst park!
the perpetrators of this crime against nature ( and I am sure it was not just this 16year old) should be publicly flogged and then hung, drawn and quartered and their bits scattered around Selhurst park!
KZNSeagull
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This is my thought too but it is a harsh environment there and there are not many other trees in the area. Got to be worth a try though. I suspect that they would not be able to put it as close to the wall though.
LamieRobertson
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60 year old man now arrested re this crime
- Jul 10, 2003
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The sentence should fit the crime, so 300 years of replanting saplings after an apprenticeship served under @LamieRobertson to make sure he gets it right 
Of course it was never a 16 year old on their own. This would take more than one complete adolescent wanker. There will be another older useless c****
Of course it was never a 16 year old on their own. This would take more than one complete adolescent wanker. There will be another older useless c****
LamieRobertson
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Who owns the chainsawThe sentence should fit the crime, so 300 years of replanting saplings after an apprenticeship served under @LamieRobertson to make sure he gets it right
Of course it was never a 16 year old on their own. This would take more than one complete adolescent wanker. There will be another older useless c****
crodonilson
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Just repeating what I heard on the wireless this afternoon.
Really?
What a load of crap.
I'd nail his ball sack to the stump and leave him there for the crows to peck his eyes out.
Indeed. Poor little soul might have been bullied at school, or maybe was traumatised by an episode of Scooby Doo perhaps. On the other hand, little shit probably did it for shits and giggles, to make a tiktok vid or a few quid cash in hand from someone with an agenda.
Ike and Tina Burner
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Thinking these things about someone who is a child in the eyes of the law is genuinely unhinged. Seriously
Most 16 year olds don't cut down trees for "shits and giggles. You're just guessing at his motives and then getting angry at the worst possibilities. All I'm saying is let's wait to know before passing judgement. It'll possibly save you the rage.Indeed. Poor little soul might have been bullied at school, or maybe was traumatised by an episode of Scooby Doo perhaps. On the other hand, little shit probably did it for shits and giggles, to make a tiktok vid or a few quid cash in hand from someone with an agenda.