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Second Arrest: Man In His 60s Arrested After Iconic Hadrian's Wall Tree 'Deliberately Felled'
A man in his 60's is now the second person to be arrested in connection with the 'deliberate felling' of an iconic sycamore tree. It follows the arrest of a 16 year old boy on Thursday, who was earlier released on bail pending further investigation.
The Sycamore Gap Tree had stood for nearly 300 years next to the Roman landmark Hadrian's Wall.
Thousands of visitors each year walk along Hadrian's Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that guarded the Roman Empire's northwestern frontier.
Many have paused to admire and photograph the tree at Sycamore Gap, a beloved icon of the landscape that was made famous when it appeared in Kevin Costner’s 1991 film “Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves.”
Footage from the scene on Thursday showed that the tree was cut down near the base of its trunk, with the rest of it lying on its side.
Northumbria Police said the teen was arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage. He was in police custody and assisting officers with their inquiries, the force said.
“The tree is a world-renowned landmark and the vandalism has caused understandable shock and anger throughout the local community and beyond,” police said in a statement.
"It's an emblem of the northeast of England, it's an emblem of Hadrian's Wall," Andrew Poad of the National Trust told British broadcaster Sky News. "We've all lost something here."
The Northumberland National Park authority asked the public not to visit the felled tree, which was voted English Tree of the Year in 2016.
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