{"id":242527,"date":"2025-05-09T21:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sycamore-gap-the-moronic-mission-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T21:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:00:29","slug":"sycamore-gap-the-moronic-mission-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sycamore-gap-the-moronic-mission-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Sycamore Gap: The Moronic Mission | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/z6-WN351BE0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Sycamore Gap: The Moronic Mission | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z6-WN351BE0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were found guilty of felling the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Graham described his relationship with Adam Carruthers as &quot;Best of pals&quot; around the time of September 2023, when the tree was cut down.<\/p>\n<p>But their roles in felling the famous tree would sour that friendship, and the &quot;spectacular&quot; fallout would later play out in court, where both of them were found guilty of two counts of criminal damage &#8211; one to the tree itself, the other to Hadrian&#8217;s Wall.<\/p>\n<p>They are due to be sentenced on 15 July.<\/p>\n<p>ITV News Correspondent Tom Barton reveals the case to convict the two men who cut down the iconic tree, known for featuring in the film Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. 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