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16-year-old boy arrested after cutting down iconic Sycamore Gap Tree
Boy, 16 was arrested today on suspicion of causing criminal damage after one of the Britain's most photographed trees was mysteriously cut down overnight.
The tree at Sycamore Gap, next to Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, was made famous in Kevin Costner’s 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves.
But park rangers and walkers found to their horror this morning that it was lying on its side by the wall having been cut down in an apparent act of vandalism.
Northumbria Police confirmed this afternoon that a 16-year-old boy had been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage and was in police custody.
Officers had earlier said they believed the damage was a deliberate act of vandalism and said ‘anyone found to be responsible can expect to be dealt with swiftly and appropriately’.
