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Sycamore Gap duo told court it was 'just a tree' and 'didn't understand the fuss'
Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, have been jailed for four years and three months after cutting down the iconic ...
Why the Sycamore Gap tree provoked such strong emotional reactions: A psychologist explains
In September 2023, so many people were shocked when the famous Sycamore Gap tree, thriving in a dip along Hadrian's Wall, was ...
'We had a dream list of evidence in Sycamore Gap trial'
The video wasn't the only piece of evidence that helped convict Graham, 39, and Carruthers, 32, who had travelled from their homes in Cumbria to fell the tree on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland in ...
Opinion
The pointless chopping down of Sycamore Gap tree still infuriates me - I hope it haunts pair forever
The pair behind the senseless felling of the Sycamore Gap tree learned their fate this week. Daniel Graham, 39, and his accomplice, Adam Carruthers, 32, were sentenced to more than four years' ...
Sycamore Gap 'drunken stunt' cost to taxpayer revealed as 'moronic' duo jailed
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers chopped down the tree for a mindless 'thrill' and then revelled in media coverage. Both ...
Trees seem to matter more than women in criminal justice system, says Jess Phillips after Sycamore Two jailed
Trees seem to matter more than women in criminal justice system, says Jess Phillips after Sycamore Two jailed - She ...
Great-gran's 200-mile trip to Sycamore Gap case
A great-grandmother who travelled more than 200 miles to see the Sycamore Gap vandals sentenced has said justice was not done ...
Bizarre story of Sycamore Gap duo and moment that 'tipped them over the edge'
Former friends turned enemies, Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, were convicted of criminal damage to the immensely popular ...