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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Melley

2 men convicted of cutting down beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England in 2023

Two men were convicted Friday of cutting down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England in 2023 in an unexplained act of vandalism that caused widespread outrage.

A Newcastle Crown Court jury found Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers guilty of two counts each of criminal damage for felling the tree and toppling it onto the ancient Hadrian’s Wall.

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