6 h. ago Sycamore Gap accused claims he was 'framed on Facebook' for felling iconic tree

Daniel Graham claimed he had been 'framed' for allegedly cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree after said he was named on social media during a police interview after the incident

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6 h. ago Sycamore Gap accused claimed he was framed on Facebook for felling iconic tree, court told

Daniel Graham claimed he had been framed for allegedly cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree after said he was named on social media during a police interview after the incident, a court was told

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7 h. ago Man accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree told police he was ‘stitched up’

Daniel Graham, 39, said he was framed as part of a dispute and did not have the skills to cut down tree, jury hearsA man accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian’s Wall told police he was being “stitched up” and did not have the skills to do it.A jury at Newcastle crown court heard police interviews with Daniel Graham, 39, in which he also said he had no idea what he was doing on the night the tree was felled, which took place a month earlier. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Sycamore Gap accused told police he was framed by someone ‘stirring the pot’

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers deny two counts of criminal damage to the famous tree and Hadrian’s Wall.

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10 h. ago Sycamore Gap accused told police he was framed by someone ‘stirring the pot’, jury hears

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers deny two counts of criminal damage to the famous tree and Hadrian’s Wall

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12 h. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: Jury shown photo of tree wedge ‘kept as trophy’ by suspects

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are on trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree

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14 h. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: ‘Jeffrey, it’s gone viral’, suspect tells friend after tree chopped down, court hears

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are on trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree

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31 h. ago Sycamore Gap suspects boast about 'going viral' in voice notes after iconic tree felled

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, both deny criminal damage to the world famous tree as the court heard voicemail recordings and voice notes exchanged between the pair

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32 h. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: ‘Jeffrey, it’s gone viral’, defendant remarked after tree chopped down, court told

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have appeared for the second day of the trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree

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34 h. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: Video filmed by defendant shows tree being chopped down, prosecutors tell court

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have appeared for the second day of the trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree

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35 h. ago Sycamore Gap trial shown video footage of ‘tree being chopped down’

Prosecutors say the video was filmed on the mobile phone of Daniel Graham, who is accused alongside Adam Carruthers of felling the Sycamore Gap tree

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36 h. ago Sycamore Gap was totemic, trial of two men accused of chopping down tree is told

Groundworker Daniel Graham and mechanic Adam Carruthers each deny two counts of criminal damage to the tree and Hadrian’s Wall.

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36 h. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: Felling of iconic tree could have been ‘catastrophic’ for Hadrian’s Wall

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have appeared for the second day of the trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree

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37 h. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: Park rangers ‘visibly upset and shocked’, says first police officer to see fallen tree

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have appeared for the second day of the trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree

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38 h. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: Friends accused of cutting down iconic tree ‘kept wedge as a trophy’

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are today appearing for the second day of evidence at a trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree

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54 h. ago Friends accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree 'kept a wedge of trunk as a trophy' and exchanged messages 'revelling' in their infamy, court hears

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, from Carlisle, Cumbria, are on trial accused of felling the 19th Century Sycamore Gap tree in an act of 'mindless vandalism'.

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56 h. ago Sycamore Gap timeline: How felling of iconic tree allegedly unfolded as trial continues

The landmark tree was cut down seemingly overnight in September 2023

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56 h. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: Friends accused of felling iconic tree blame each other, court told

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are on trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree

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58 h. ago Sycamore Gap accused ‘revelled in news reports of what they had done’ to tree

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are accused of driving from Carlisle to the Northumberland beauty spot in the dead of night to chop down the tree.

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60 h. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: Friends filmed themselves chopping down iconic tree in ‘moronic mission’, court told

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are on trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree

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