On May 9, 2025, a British court found Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, guilty of criminal damage for the deliberate felling of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland, England. Graham and Carruthers cut down the tree, a beloved natural landmark beside Hadrian’s Wall, in September 2023.
The Sycamore Gap tree, also known as the “Robin Hood tree,” was a 150-year-old sycamore that stood along Hadrian’s Wall, an ancient Roman fortification in the north of England, near Crag Lough in Northumberland National Park. Its picturesque setting made it one of the most photographed trees in the UK.
