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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 ...
Sycamore Gap Tree's 'refusal to die' spared evil duo longer jail sentences.
The Sycamore Gap tree's refusal to die may have spared the "moronic" duo who felled it a far longer spell behind bars. Daniel ...
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 ...
6. Justice
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, both from Cumbria, are sentenced in a live-streamed hearing at Newcastle Crown Court. Si ...
Sycamore Gap felling to cost taxpayers almost £1m after 'moronic' duo destroyed landmark tree
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers destroyed the iconic Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland National Park, which was made famous in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves ...
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
Sophie Doughty is an award-winning crime reporter for ChronicleLive, the Chronicle, Journal and Sunday Sun and has been a ...
Damning evidence that led to the arrest of men who chopped down Sycamore Gap tree as they're sentenced to four years in prison
Northumbria Police obtained a host of key evidence which proved Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were responsible for chopping down the Sycamore Gap tree.
Why was the Sycamore Gap tree cut down and who was responsible?
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have been found guilty of felling the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in September 2023. Located at the Roman-made Hadrian’s Wall for centuries, the tree was a popular ...
2 men who cut down UK’s beloved ‘Robin Hood Tree’ jailed for over 4 years
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers used a chainsaw to slice through the trunk of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s ...
From bragging posts to iconic vid – the damning evidence that led to arrest of idiots who chopped down Sycamore Gap tree
THE two idiots who felled the historic Sycamore Gap tree have finally been jailed for their shocking crime. Now, we reveal ...
Men who chopped down historic tree jailed for four years
Two men have been sentenced with four years jail time over the “moronic mission” chopping down a much-loved tree. The ...