Two men found guilty of chopping down iconic UK tree
By AFP
May 10, 2025
LONDON: An English court found two men guilty on Friday of the “deliberate and mindless” felling of one of the UK´s most iconic trees, an incident that sparked national outrage.
A jury at Newcastle Crown Court found former friends Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, guilty of criminal damage for the 2023 felling of the tree at Sycamore Gap. It had stood for nearly 200 years next to Hadrian´s Wall, a Unesco World Heritage site in northern England. The tree was so striking it featured in the 1991 Hollywood film “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves”.
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