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

<p>Pair showed ‘expertise and a determined, deliberate approach’ during their ‘moronic mission’, prosecutor says</p><p>Two men used a chainsaw to deliberately fell the famous Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian’s Wall in an act of “mindless criminal damage”, a court has heard.</p><p>Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, embarked on a “moronic mission” to cut down in minutes a tree that had stood for more than 100 years, the prosecutor Richard Wright KC told Newcastle crown court.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/29/two-men-felled-sycamore-gap-tree-mindless-criminal-damage-court-told">Continue reading...</a>