Captain Kernow

And yet, nothing can be done to bring home to the youth* the anguish or anger his act of vandalism has caused.

We're told that the tree was 300 or more years old.  Looking at the condition of the sawn stump, it could have gone on for many more years, certainly longer than the lifespan of the destructive b@stard who killed it.

(And as a member of the NT, I for one would like to give the perpetrator a good kicking...)

* If he was the actual vandal, I wonder if he was put up to it for yet undiscovered reasons

A 16 year old wielding a chainsaw ? From where ?And using it,so it appears,to awesome,accurate effect. The destruction would  not have been heard or seen due its remoteness, Our young people .or some of them,are losing their way..

Making a statement of terrible consequence.Another fatal stabbing in the same news. Symptoms of a broken society.

I saw this article earlier today. Words fail me. How terribly sad and unnecessary...