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The ‘bully’ and the ‘silly man with silly ideas’: How Sycamore Gap fellers brought shame on tight-knit communities

It was a crime that astounded the nation, today, more than 500 days since the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, the communities of the two men responsible still have unanswered questions

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Sycamore Gap: why would anyone cut down a tree that brought joy to so many?

Obsession or ‘drunken stupidity’? Sentencing of guilty men leaves us no closer to knowing their motives

The Guardian - UK

Two men behind ‘senseless’ felling of Sycamore Gap tree jailed for more than four years

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, sentenced for act of criminal damage that sparked widespread sadness and anger

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Men who cut down Sycamore Gap tree in act of 'drunken stupidity' jailed for four years

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, were convicted of criminal damage to the beloved tree

Evening Standard

Sycamore Gap pair jailed for four years and three months – as it happened

Adam Carruthers and Daniel Graham jailed over criminal damage of beloved tree

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Sycamore Gap latest: Vandals who chopped down iconic tree both jailed for more than four years

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are being sentenced for criminal damage to the Sycamore Gap tree at Newcastle Crown Court

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Sycamore Gap vandals who chopped down iconic tree face sentencing

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers used a chainsaw to chop down the almost 150-year-old tree, with one recording the act.

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Pair who chopped down Sycamore Gap tree to be sentenced

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers carried out what prosecutors called a ‘moronic mission’.

Evening Standard

Sycamore Gap tree trunk installation to go on display

Sculptor Charlie Whinney has created a place for people to sit beside and touch a section of the much-loved tree, which was felled in 2023.

Evening Standard

Part of felled Sycamore Gap tree to go on permanent display

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, from Cumbria, are due to be sentenced on 15 July after being found guilty of felling the tree

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Planting trees is not back-breaking work

Brief letters: Punishing Sycamore Gap vandals | Sten dos | My ‘hag’ party | Thatcher centenary celebrations | Duncan Campbell’s legacy

The Guardian - UK

There’s no excuse for chopping down a thing of beauty. And I don’t just mean the Sycamore Gap tree

Talking therapies save lives, keep people out of hospital, help them back into work. So why is NHS England cutting them in its ‘financial reset’?

The Guardian - UK

Sycamore Gap tree duo do not belong in prison

Letters: Two men convicted of cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree should face a punishment that fits the crime, not jail, writes Dr Rod Earle. Plus letters from Matt Powell, Shayne Mary Mitchell and Michael Fort

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Sycamore Gap tree fellers ‘suspects in homophobic assaults inquiry’

Cumbria Police said two men were quizzed in 2024 after they received two reports of assault motivated by hate.

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Sycamore Gap pair 'quizzed over homophobic attack' days before mindless felling

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were investigated by police after a man was doused in icing sugar and subjected to verbal abuse

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‘It’s difficult to fathom his kind of stupidity’: Justice for the felled Sycamore Gap tree, the surprising verdict is in

Two British men were on trial for for cutting down the 150-year-old landmark.

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Two men found guilty of criminal damage in UK for felling beloved Sycamore Gap tree

Prosecutors offered no evidence of a motive for the 2023 crime other than calling it senseless vandalism.

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Sycamore Gap: Who are the two ‘best mates’ whose friendship crumbled as they were convicted?

The two men, aged 32 and 39, were “best of pals” when they set about the tree

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Two men found guilty of cutting down iconic Sycamore Gap tree

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Call for trees to be ‘listed’ like historic buildings in wake of Sycamore Gap felling

Several thousand trees would be included in the scheme, experts say

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

Two men have been convicted of cutting down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England along ancient Hadrian’s Wall

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Sycamore Gap: Who are the two men convicted of cutting down world-famous tree?

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were ‘best pals’ who apparently turned on each other before their trial started, the court heard.

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Government urged to ‘list’ precious trees for protection like historic buildings

The Woodland Trust wants Government to back proposed laws that would give ‘heritage’ trees greater protection in the wake of the Sycamore Gap trial.

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Two men found guilty of felling Sycamore Gap tree

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have been found guilty by a jury at Newcastle Crown Court of causing criminal damage to the Sycamore Gap tree

Evening Standard

‘Totemic’ Sycamore Gap tree inspired countless photos until it was felled

The tree was planted in a pleasing fold in the landscape next to Hadrian’s Wall.

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