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Vandals sentenced to more than 4 years for felling England’s beloved Sycamore Gap tree
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers previously testified at trial that they had nothing to do with the vandalism, but a ...
Why Sycamore Gap tree fellers' crime was as unique as the iconic Northumberland landmark itself
This is a fairy tale about trees. It has good knights and shadowy rogues and great gnarly oaks and elms of Olde England. But ...
Men Who Cut Down Beloved Tree in England Get More Than 4 Years in Prison
The tree, a beloved landmark that stood by Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, was found illegally cut down in 2023.
Two men who cut down Sycamore Gap tree in act of ‘sheer bravado’ jailed
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers showed no emotion as they were jailed for damaging the Sycamore Gap tree at Newcastle Crown ...
Two Men Sentenced to Prison for Cutting Down Historic U.K. Tree In What Prosecutors Dubbed a 'Moronic Mission'
Two men, 32-year-old Adam Carruthers and 39-year-old Daniel Graham, were sentenced to four years and three months in prison ...
How a ‘single strand of intelligence’ brought down the Sycamore Gap tree fellers
Amid the national outrage over the chopping down of the Sycamore Gap tree, the responsibility of finding the vandals fell ...
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Sycamore Gap latest: Vandals who chopped down iconic tree both jailed for more than four years
Vandals who chopped down iconic tree both jailed for more than four years - Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are being sentenced for criminal damage to the Sycamore Gap tree at Newcastle Crown Court ...