16 h. ago Sycamore Gap suspects cut down tree in act of 'mindless thuggery thinking it would be a laugh' and thought they were 'big men' but were really 'rather pathetic', court hears

Amid 'public outrage' at Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers' alleged crime it became clear to them that'everyone else thought that they were rather pathetic', prosecutors alleged.

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38 h. ago Sycamore Gap suspect denies chopping down landmark tree as souvenir for newborn daughter

Adam Carruthers, 32, also denied that he had chopped down the century-old tree as a souvenir for his newborn baby daughter.

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5 d. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: Suspect had fascination with tree and thought it would be good trophy, court told

Adam Carruthers admitted felling tree, Daniel Graham tells the pair’s trial at Newcastle Crown Court

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5 d. ago Sycamore Gap suspect 'tried to pin blame on his friend with anonymous call to police'

Daniel Graham, 39, spoke to police on the 101 service in August last year and told a call handler that his co-defendant, Adam Carruthers, was in possession of part of the tree.

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5 d. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: Suspect claims he was ‘asked to take the blame’ for chopping down tree

Adam Carruthers admitted felling tree, Daniel Graham tells the pair’s trial at Newcastle Crown Court

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5 d. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: Suspect claims friend admitted chopping tree down day after felling

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, on trial at Newcastle Crown Court, deny two counts of criminal damage

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5 d. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: Suspect reported friend to police for felling tree in ‘anonymous phone call’

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

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5 d. ago Sycamore Gap suspect 'tried to pin blame on his friend with anonymous call to police telling them he had chainsaw used to hack the tree down'

Daniel Graham, 39, spoke to police on the 101 service in August last year and told a call handler that his co-defendant, Adam Carruthers, was in possession of part of the tree.

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6 d. ago Sycamore Gap tree felling suspect claims he was ‘fixed up’ after a dispute by someone ‘stirring the pot’

Daniel Graham refused to comment in police interview when asked about the footage showing the chunk of a tree and a chainsaw in the boot of a vehicle, a jury at Newcastle Crown Court heard

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6 d. ago Sycamore Gap suspect offers his defence as he denies felling 100

Self-employed groundworker Daniel Graham, 39, told officers after his arrest he was embroiled in an ongoing row over a stolen digger with 'that f***ing p***y down road'.

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6 d. 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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7 d. 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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8 d. ago UK trial told Sycamore Gap tree felling was a 'deliberate and mindless' act

A court has been told that the famous Sycamore Gap tree was cut down in an “act of deliberate and mindless criminal damage.”

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