[News] Sycamore Gap Tree

[Invicta]

Their defence arguments are embarrassing, double the sentence.

 

[Stato]

I don't like Queen.
I can explain why.
But it would be churlish of me to extrapolate and say that Queen are not important in the national pop music psyche.
And equally silly of me* to jump onto a Queen thread with faux intellectual dismissal

If you ever plan to jump in the Range Rover and go and fell Bohemian Rhapsody, give me a call. I'd be more than happy to help cut the mother down.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Most worrying for me, these two brainless dorks have access to dangerous things like chainsaws and cars ....

For the not-guilty plea, with such compelling evidence, the maximum permissible sentence must be applied!

 

[Frutos]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckg584y95vwt

Guilty by unanimous verdict.

 

[Frutos]

Sentencing to take place on 15th July.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckg584y95vwt

Guilty by unanimous verdict.

It has now been confirmed that sentencing is being fixed for 15 July, with a whole day set aside for it.

The judge says that is subject to change if there are any delays to the reports that need to be prepared.

Mrs Justice Lambert says she will need a mental health report for Graham which will take about six weeks to prepare.

 

[pb21]

Sentencing to take place on 15th July.

Hopefully they get the largest sentence possible.

 

[Weststander]

Good news, two scummers. Apparently Graham was aggressive in the manner he spoke to the prosecution barrister ... let's see how tough he is prison.

 

[BNthree]

From the coverage I've seen of the trial the guilty men do come across as spectacularly stupid.

 

[Poyningsgull]

Hopefully they get the largest sentence possible.

Apparently under Scottish law, criminal damage over £5000 carries up to 10 years.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Apparently under Scottish law, criminal damage over £5000 carries up to 10 years.

But it's not in Scotland and never has been.

 

[Norman Potting]

At least they can look forward to receiving a Gold Award for advanced Muppetry

 

[1066familyman]

But it's not in Scotland and never has been.

It's near enough.

Let's not let technicalities get in the way when sentencing ****s like this.

 

[lost in london]

However stupid a thing it was to do, surely they won't go to prison for this?

 

[Poyningsgull]

Apparently under Scottish law, criminal damage over £5000 carries up to 10 years.

Make that UK law as advised by the Sentencing council. My mistake. Just bang em up.

 

[clapham_gull]

It's several hundred miles from Brighton and it has a 12 page thread. By definition, it's nationally interesting.

The reality of course being it made headlines worldwide and was the biggest press story the National Trust have ever had to deal with.

I'd adding this story to my checklist of obsessions of the "new right", sorry "silent majority"...

.. oh that doesn't work. Anyway, free the chainsaw two from the clutches of two tree (sorry tier) Kier.

 

[GrizzlingGammon]

However stupid a thing it was to do, surely they won't go to prison for this?

It's that or he puts on his black cap.

 

[Weststander]

However stupid a thing it was to do, surely they won't go to prison for this?

They're remanded already. Wanton, premediated destruction of nature, an icon and damage to a 2,000 year old monument, for a laugh, and then costing the taxpayer with an unnecessary trial ..... you might be in the minority.

Loved the R5 court report. For two weeks "one of the sharpest legal minds in northern England was up against two of the dimmest minds of the Carlisle area" as these two wasters tried to bamboozle the prosecution barrister.

 

[PascalGroß Tips]

However stupid a thing it was to do, surely they won't go to prison for this?

They deserve to serve time for taking this 'stupid thing' to a costly trial.

Edit: Plus what @Weststander said

 

[Thunder Bolt]

They're remanded already. Wanton, premediated destruction of nature, an icon and damage to a 2,000 year old monument, for a laugh, and then costing the taxpayer with an unnecessary trial ..... you might be in the minority.

Loved the R5 court report. For two weeks "one of the sharpest legal minds in northern England was up against two of the dimmest minds of the Carlisle area" as these two wasters tried to bamboozle the prosecution barrister.

Graham actually grassed up Carruthers and then they both pleaded not guilty.