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Two Men Convicted of Chopping Down England’s Beloved Sycamore Gap Tree in an Act of ‘Mindless Thuggery’
After five hours of deliberation, jurors found Adam Carruthers and Daniel Graham guilty of criminal damage for felling the ...
2 men convicted of cutting down beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England in 2023
Two men have been convicted of cutting down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England along ancient Hadrian’s Wall ...
Two men convicted of felling UK’s famous Sycamore Gap tree
Two men have been found guilty of criminal damage for felling a landmark sycamore tree in northern England. Daniel Graham, 39 ...
2 men convicted of cutting down beloved Sycamore Gap tree in 'mindless' destruction
Prosecutors say that as news of the crime spread, the two men exchanged messages relishing the outrage and sadness they caused. The tree in northern England was believed to be about 200 years old.
'Arboreal thuggery': Two men found guilty of cutting down beloved Sycamore Gap tree
The Sycamore Gap tree in England stood near an ancient Roman wall. 'A national treasure,' said an attorney specializing in ...
Two men convicted of cutting down England's iconic Sycamore Gap tree
UK men Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers found guilty of the "mindless" felling of the 200-year-old tree in 2023.
Sycamore Gap tree took more than a century to grow and less than 3 minutes to fell, prosecutors say
A court has been told that the famous Sycamore Gap tree was cut down in an “act of deliberate and mindless criminal damage.” ...
Deliberations begin in UK trial of men accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree
Jurors have begun deliberating in the case of two men charged with cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree in northern England.
'Princess Diana' moment: Why UK is heartbroken by a grisly murder whose victim was a tree
A legal case has opened in Britain over the felling of a much-loved, ancient tree named the 'Sycamore Gap.' Some Britons are struggling to get over its demise.