So, vandals Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have been jailed at Newcastle Crown Court for more than four years for criminal damage after their “moronic mission” to chop down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall two years ago. I’ll go out on a limb, here: it’s exactly what they deserved.
The tree, which was a striking symbol of Northumberland, a touchstone of British tourism and even featured in the Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman film, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, was chopped down in just three minutes in the early hours of 28 September, 2023 – and recorded on the perpetrators’ mobile phones.
