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Pair guilty of cutting down Sycamore Gap tree

BBC Local News Friday, 9 May 2025 ()
Pair guilty of cutting down Sycamore Gap treeBBC Local News: Cumbria -- Prosecutors say the pair thought it was "a laugh", but the "mindless thuggery" sparked global fury.
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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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