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A Tree Grows in England

August 1, 2006 @ 8:38 am · 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.



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7 Comments »

  1. Launa Said,

    December 19, 2006 @ 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!

  2. Launa Said,

    December 19, 2006 @ 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!

  3. baydon garwood Said,

    February 26, 2007 @ 5:24 am

    i think its qutie funny acctually serves them write for being pests lmao

  4. baydon garwood Said,

    February 26, 2007 @ 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

  5. leyfgvre Said,

    February 26, 2007 @ 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

  6. Mad Red Queen Said,

    September 25, 2007 @ 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 fuck about you, Pearson? I don’t. Now, go slit your wrists like a good boy.

  7. J.T. Said,

    June 13, 2008 @ 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.”

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