Two men found guilty of chopping down iconic UK tree
Saturday, 10 May 2025 () London (AFP) May 9, 2025
Two men were on Friday found guilty of the "deliberate and mindless" felling of one of the UK's most iconic trees in a case that sparked national outrage. The jury at Newcastle Crown Court found former friends Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, guilty of criminal damage after the 2023 felling of the tree at Sycamore Gap, which had stood for nearly 200 years next to Hadrian's Wall, a
Two former friends have been found guilty of cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree in an act of "deliberate and mindless criminal damage". Newcastle Crown Court heard Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers drove 30 miles at night through a storm for one of them to cut down the tree with a chainsaw while...
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"There could never be a justifiable reason" why two men felled the Sycamore Gap tree, Northumbria Police has said. Superintendent Kevin Waring also paid tribute to the "unwavering commitment of those..
Two men accused cutting down the landmark Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian's Wall in 2023 arrive in court. Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, deny two counts each of criminal damage - one to the..