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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jane Dalton

Sycamore Gap suspect thought world-famous tree would be ‘good trophy’, court told

One of two men on trial for cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree had a “fascination” with it and thought it would make a good trophy, Newcastle Crown Court heard on Friday.

Adam Carruthers had a “strange interest” in the tree, prosecutor Richard Wright KC said.

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