A Tree Grows in England
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006 • Filed under Vandalism
Three 12-year olds in England “found themselves hauled into a police station and locked in cells for up to two hours. Their shoes were removed and mugshots, DNA samples, and mouth swabs were taken.” reports the Daily Mail. Their crime: climbing a tree. The Queen’s tree, apparently.
Officers told the children they had been seen damaging the tree which is in a wooded area of public land near their homes.
Questioned by police, the scared friends admitted they had broken some loose branches because they had wanted to build a tree house, but said they did not realise what they had done was wrong.
Launa says: December 19th, 2006 at 2:06 am
So maybe if the tree had been marked “Queen’s Tree” ,three innocent children would not have been scared out of ten years of their lives! That could be classified under cruel and unusual punishment…especially because of the circumstances. How many children do you know that climb trees without fear of arrest? Thit is a load of bull!
Launa says: December 19th, 2006 at 2:07 am
So maybe if the tree had been marked “Queen’s Tree” ,three innocent children would not have been scared out of ten years of their lives! That could be classified under cruel and unusual punishment…especially because of the circumstances. How many children do you know that climb trees without fear of arrest? That is a load of bull!
baydon garwood says: February 26th, 2007 at 5:24 am
i think its qutie funny acctually serves them write for being pests lmao
baydon garwood says: February 26th, 2007 at 5:26 am
hi my name is ben pearson and i llike my cababs especially madras i dont think wat they have done is at all funny i think they should be sent to a borstal p s i love charlie lloyd
leyfgvre says: February 26th, 2007 at 5:27 am
hi my name is ben pearson and i llike my cababs especially madras i dont think wat they have done is at all funny i think they should be sent to a borstal p s i love charlie lloyd
Mad Red Queen says: September 25th, 2007 at 10:18 am
Hi my name is wat ever I is a doofus no one cares wat my stoopid name iz, an whoever charlie lloyd iz i relly hat him tooooo.
O.k, just kidding- but who seriously gives a **** about you, Pearson? I don’t. Now, go slit your wrists like a good boy.
J.T. says: June 13th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
I think it’s stupid to send poor little kids to jail for breaking a tree branch. If that’s the case, do they arrest people for crashing their cars into ‘em? Victim-”Ow my back!”Officer-”I have to take you to jail now.”