Two men found guilty of felling Sycamore Gap tree

<p>Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, found to have criminally damaged tree and Hadrian’s Wall</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/09/stealing-joy-the-sadness-and-symbolism-of-the-at-sycamore-gap">‘Stealing joy’: the sadness and symbolism of the crime at Sycamore Gap</a></li></ul><p>Two friends who embarked on a “moronic mission” to fell the Sycamore Gap tree with a chainsaw have been found guilty of “mindless” criminal damage.</p><p>Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/09/stealing-joy-the-sadness-and-symbolism-of-the-at-sycamore-gap">cut down the cherished tree</a>, next to Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, as Storm Agnes raged in the early hours of 28 September 2023.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/09/two-men-found-guilty-of-felling-sycamore-gap-tree">Continue reading...</a>