‘Stealing joy’: the sadness and symbolism of the crime at Sycamore Gap

found 2025 › May › 09 (Fri) @ 20:50 UTC

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Many saw the beloved tree that Adam Carruthers and Daniel Graham cut down as a part of north-east England’s DNA

“It was just a tree,” said a mystified Adam Carruthers, one of the two men who illegally…

Sycamore Gap Trial: Lawyer compares felling of famous tree to 'murder' and hopes punishing of vandals will 'set a new tone' for cases involving the destruction of the natural world

found 2025 › May › 09 (Fri) @ 17:45 UTC

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Award-winning crime reporter George Odling and tree lawyer Sarah Dodd reacted to news that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were found guilty of cutting down the famous tree.

Two men found guilty of felling Sycamore Gap tree

found 2025 › May › 09 (Fri) @ 10:20 UTC

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Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, found to have criminally damaged tree and Hadrian’s Wall

‘Stealing joy’: the sadness and symbolism of the crime at Sycamore Gap

Two friends who embarked on a…

Sycamore Gap suspects cut down tree in act of 'mindless thuggery thinking it would be a laugh' and thought they were 'big men' but were really 'rather pathetic', court hears

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 16:40 UTC

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Amid 'public outrage' at Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers' alleged crime it became clear to them that'everyone else thought that they were rather pathetic', prosecutors alleged.

Sycamore Gap suspect denied felling 100-year-old tree and claimed to be victim of a 'fix-up' after police found 'trophy' photo on his phone

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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Self-employed groundworker Daniel Graham, 39, told officers after his arrest he was embroiled in an ongoing row over a stolen digger with 'that f***ing p***y down road'.

'It's gone viral, it is worldwide': The voice notes two friends sent each other 'after felling Sycamore Gap tree' - as moment it toppled is shown to jury

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 16:20 UTC

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Groundworker Daniel Graham, 39, and mechanic Adam Carruthers, 32, each deny two counts of criminal damage to the tree and the wall in Northumberland at night in September 2023.

'It's gone viral, it is worldwide': Moment friends accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree allegedly sent voice notes to one another

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 15:45 UTC

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Groundworker Daniel Graham, 39, and mechanic Adam Carruthers, 32, each deny two counts of criminal damage to the tree and the wall in Northumberland at night in September 2023.

Jury shown video of ‘Sycamore Gap tree being felled’

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 13:50 UTC

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Footage shown in Newcastle trial of two men accused of chopping down tree on Hadrian’s Wall in September 2023

A jury has been shown footage of what prosecutors say is the moment the Sycamore Gap tree …

Two men filmed felling of Sycamore Gap tree during ‘mindless’ act, court hears

found 2025 › Apr › 29 (Tue) @ 13:40 UTC

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Jury shown phone footage with sound of chainsaw and toppling tree taken by pair, who deny criminal damage

Two men filmed themselves using a chainsaw to fell the famous Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian’s W…

Two men felled Sycamore Gap tree in ‘mindless’ criminal act, court told

found 2025 › Apr › 29 (Tue) @ 11:45 UTC

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Pair showed ‘expertise and a determined, deliberate approach’ during their ‘moronic mission’, prosecutor says

Two men used a chainsaw to deliberately fell the famous Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian’s Wal…