Sycamore Gap tree cutters sentenced to prison
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Former friends turned enemies, Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, were convicted of criminal damage to the immensely popular Sycamore Gap tree, which they claimed was felled in a 'drunken prank'
Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, have been jailed for four years and three months after cutting down the iconic sycamore tree in a fold in the Northumberland landscape.
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers caused 'irreversible' damage to Sycamore Gap in Northumberland National Park when they felled the iconic tree with a chainsaw
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers chopped down the tree for a mindless 'thrill' and then revelled in media coverage. Both were jailed for four years and three months.
Relatives of manslaughter victims have told of their dismay at seeing Adam Carruthers and Daniel Graham locked-up for longer than those that took the lives of their loved ones
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Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are being sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court for chopping down the Sycamore Gap tree - an act of vandalism that caused outrage worldwide
Tue, Jul 15, 2025 The pair behind the Sycamore Gap felling have been made to answer for their crime in court. Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, cut down the famous tree on Hadrian's Wall on September 27,