Judge tells jury to consider Sycamore Gap case ‘calmly’

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are accused of criminal damage after the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree (Elizabeth Cook/PA) - (PA Wire)

Jurors in the trial of two former friends accused of cutting down the much-loved tree at Sycamore Gap have been told they must consider the evidence “calmly and dispassionately”.

The prosecution says groundworker Daniel Graham, 39, and mechanic Adam Carruthers, 32, drove around for 40 minutes from the Carlisle area, during Storm Agnes, to fell the sycamore beside Hadrian’s Wall in September 2023.