Footage purporting to show moment Sycamore Gap tree felled showed in court

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Footage purporting to show moment Sycamore Gap tree felled showed in court

The video, found on the phone of the defendant Daniel Graham, was shown to a jury at Newcastle crown court on Wednesday.
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Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, embarked on a ‘moronic mission’ to cut down in minutes a tree that had stood for more than 100 years, the prosecutor Richard Wright KC told the court. The two men, from Cumbria, have denied two charges of criminally damaging the tree and Hadrian’s Wall, where it stood

Two men filmed felling of Sycamore Gap tree during ‘mindless’ act, court hears https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/29/two-men-felled-sycamore-gap-tree-mindless-criminal-damage-court-told

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Date: April 30, 2025