- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrian’s Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, were charged with causing criminal damage and damaging the wall built in A.D. 122 by Emperor Hadrian to guard the northwest frontier of the Roman Empire.
They were ordered to appear in Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on May 15.
The sycamore’s majestic canopy between two hills made it a popular subject for landscape photographers. It became a destination after being featured in Kevin Costner’s 1991 film “Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves.”
Not for prison, though. For community service rebuilding historic sites.
And planting trees.
Hear hear, who’d want to pay for all their meals as they generate nothing besides prison profits.
Prisons should not be for profit institutes.
They shouldn’t, but that doesn’t change reality.
Good idea
That’d be reasonable, I guess. Probably just on weekends, but for the rest of their working lives.