The former feller has been released after being quizzed by cops
social mediaWalter Renwick, 69, was taken into custody at the weekend before denying he cut down the 300-year-old landmark at Sycamore Gap along Hadrian’s Wall.
Mr Renwick, has been ordered to quit the property where he ran a tourist campsite after losing a two-year legal battle.Mr Renwick said he was not ‘stupid’ enough to cut down the tree, and relatives said he wasn’t in good enough health to commit the crime. ‘It was a lovely tree, an iconic tree, but I mean to go up there and cut that down, I’m not that stupid.’
Detectives continued to investigate after claims that the damage was done by ‘a professional who knew where they were going to cut’ on a windy night during 83mph Storm Agnes which would possibly have disguised the sound of a chainsaw.
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