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Two Men Convicted of Chopping Down England’s Beloved Sycamore Gap Tree in an Act of ‘Mindless Thuggery’
After five hours of deliberation, jurors found Adam Carruthers and Daniel Graham guilty of criminal damage for felling the ...
2 men convicted of cutting down beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England in 2023
Two men have been convicted of cutting down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England along ancient Hadrian’s Wall ...
Manchester Evening News14d
Sycamore Gap accused ‘revelled in news reports of what they had done’ to tree
Two friends who drove from Carlisle to Northumberland in the dead of night to chop down the much-loved Sycamore Gap tree 'revelled in news reports of what they had done' the following day ...
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Sycamore Gap tree felling was a 'deliberate and mindless' act, UK prosecutor says
A prosecutor in the UK has said that two men embarked on a "moronic mission" to cut down the famous Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland in an "act of deliberate and mindless criminal damage." ...
Daily Mail14d
Friends accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree 'kept a wedge of trunk as a trophy' and exchanged messages 'revelling' in their infamy, court hears
Two friends who cut down the iconic Sycamore Gap tree shared news stories of the felling when the incident 'went viral' and were 'loving it', a court heard today. Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam ...
Los Angeles Times14d
Sycamore Gap tree took more than a century to grow and less than 3 minutes to fell, prosecutors say
LONDON — It took well over a century for the Sycamore Gap tree to spread ... Grainy black and white video of the tree’s dramatic felling on Sept. 28, 2023, in Northumberland National Park ...
Telegraph & Argus14d
Sycamore Gap accused ‘revelled in news reports of what they had done’ to tree
Two friends filmed themselves in a “moronic mission” to cut down the famous Sycamore Gap tree before keeping a wedge of the trunk as a “trophy” and “revelling” in their infamy when ...