RIP - Hadrian’s wall tree

[Ming the Merciless]

The alleged perpetrators are being called Walnuts and Special Branch are currently trying to get them to crack.

 

[teeonethousand]

The alleged perpetrators are being called Walnuts and Special Branch are currently trying to get them to crack.

They are being held in the Nutcracker Suite

 

[DRM]

The Police are still conducting a full root & branch investigation, they still want to know where the crooks got the seed of the idea from to do this, they believe the perpetrators came up with the plan at a pub in Felling

 

[Andy in Germany]

The Police are still conducting a full root & branch investigation, they still want to know where the crooks got the seed of the idea from to do this, they believe the perpetrators came up with the plan at a pub in Felling

So you're saying the police are are stumped?

 

[Dogtrousers]

So you're saying the police are are stumped?

A coppice going to make a statement this afternoon.

 

[DRM]

A coppice going to make a statement this afternoon.

Possibly to announce their Stihl looking for the chainsaw

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The police are following another leaf , but every time they are about to capture it, it blows onwards.

 

[tom73]

I don't think so - the Housesteads Fort nearby is some sort joint stewardship with NH and EH, but I think EH is the "major" partner because if you go to book a visit via NT it diverts to EH website.

Hadrian's Wall was under the care/ownership like many of our historic sites by the Governments Ministry of Works. Ownership and care was past to English heritage in 1945. Though EH is now an independent charity but still acts as the states guardian of historic sites. I'd suggest the land as well as the wall belongs to English heritage. It's only a few years ago that they reported having to stop people digging holes trying to find buried historic artefacts.That was on land close to the wall.
Housesteds Fort is owned by NT but has been in the care of English Heritage since 1951.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Locals are saying the perpetrators must have been conkers to do what they did.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Just on Sky news
2 new arrests today
apparently 2 men in their 30s - which makes sense
new arrests - not people that have been questioned before


Funny thing
at the start of the report from the Police they stated that they had launched a full investigation and had determined that it was a deliberate act of vandalism
WOW!!!
there goes the defence of
"Sorry gov I just leaned against it and for some reason it just cut itself in half perfectly horizontally and fell over
Quite a shock really Officer
honest"

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Apparently a local crime tree ring were involved.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Apparently a local crime tree ring were involved.

Is that why the police were being stonewalled?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Is that why the police were being stonewalled?

Yes but they wooden admit it!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The police have found some ashes and are following a hot lead.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

The police have found some ashes and are following a hot lead.

Not sure a lead saw would work very well - steel is better even if hot