10 h. ago Ringleader of 'grandpa gang' who tied up Kim Kardashian in gun

A jury handed down their verdicts, before one was told he would spend three years in a cell. Most of the sentences were suspended, meaning the others will spend a max of two years in prison.

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30 h. ago Kid Cudi reveals how he was 'played' by Cassie and describes terrifying revenge plot by 'supervillain' Diddy in bombshell courtroom testimony

Rapper Kid Cudi, whose real name is Scott Mescudi, told a jury on Thursday how his $140,000 Porsche was blown up after Diddy found out he was dating Cassandra Ventura.

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4 d. ago Fatal collision was ‘tragic accident, not criminal act’, jury told as they retire in death by careless driving trial

Natalie Read denies causing the deaths of Harry Atkinson and Lewis Meeson

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5 d. ago What the Erin Patterson murder trial jury was told this week that you NEVER heard about

Erin Patterson claims she ate half of a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms at her deadly lunch. 

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6 d. ago What E.M. told the jury over 9 days of testimony in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial

What E.M. told the jury over 9 days of testimony in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial  CBC

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8 d. ago Republican Texas is a surprising model for solving the UK’s prison crisis – but it just might work | Gaby Hinsliff

Jails in England and Wales are in overcrowded meltdown, but justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has a rare chance to flip the script. She shouldWhat should become of the two idiots who took a chainsaw to the beloved Sycamore Gap tree? Obviously it was thuggish, a pointless desecration of something that gave countless people joy, judging by the outpouring of unexpectedly deep emotion that followed. Landscapes work their way into the soul. But so does the thought of two children whose father is about to be jailed for what the judge warned would be a “lengthy period”. Though a line obviously has to be drawn, is this really the best way we can think of to punish a heartless act that nonetheless posed no danger to human life?Now is the perfect time to wrestle with questions such as this, about whom we send to prison and why, and whether doing it differently would lead to a more humane but more effective prison system and ultimately cut crime. For this government is – shock, horror – finall...

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9 d. ago Lighter may have been dropped deliberately at scene of fatal fire, jury told

Jurors trying Stoke-on-Trent men Daniel Tatters and Dale Francis, who deny murdering Akashdeep Singh, will retire to consider verdicts on Thursday.

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1 week ago Sycamore Gap tree fellers ‘suspects in homophobic assaults inquiry’

Cumbria Police said two men were quizzed in 2024 after they received two reports of assault motivated by hate.

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1 week ago Remarkable history of felled Sycamore Gap tree from film icon to bitter feud

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were convicted this week after being found guilty of cutting down Northumberland's famous Sycamore Gap tree. But what is it about this felled tree that made it so special to so many?

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2 w. ago Lumberjack who was falsely accused of chopping down the Sycamore Gap tree 'considered taking his own life' after being arrested for felling the iconic landmark

Walter Renwick, 70, was named on social media as being responsible for felling the famous landmark, in September 2023, and arrested by police the following day.

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2 w. ago JAN MOIR: What kind of society produces two men so dumb and emotionally stunted that their biggest achievement in life has been to create a stump?

At Newcastle Crown Court this week, former best friends Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, protested their innocence right to the end, even in the face of much evidence to the contrary.

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2 w. ago What sentence could Adam Carruthers and Daniel Graham get for felling Sycamore Gap tree

A jury has found the two former friends guilty of cutting down the much-loved landmark

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2 w. ago Sycamore Gap yob's bitter family feud that spiralled into disasterous revenge plot

Daniel Graham was convicted of cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree - but the yob was already embroiled in a bitter family feud which has left him with no home to go to

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2 w. ago Sycamore Gap Trial: Lawyer compares felling of famous tree to 'murder' and hopes punishing of vandals will 'set a new tone' for cases involving the destruction of the natural world

Award-winning crime reporter George Odling and tree lawyer Sarah Dodd reacted to news that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were found guilty of cutting down the famous tree.

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2 w. ago The anonymous 101 call that snared the Sycamore Gap fellers – and left their friendship in tatters

It was a friendship that blossomed over fixing an old Land Rover, but it led to the destruction of one of the country’s best-known trees

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2 w. ago Sycamore Gap tree choppers were 'best pals' before they turned on each other

Their three-year friendship unravelled after police found out what they had done

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2 w. ago Sycamore Gap: Who are the two ‘best mates’ whose friendship crumbled as they were convicted?

The two men, aged 32 and 39, were “best of pals” when they set about the tree

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2 w. ago Video footage shows the moment famous Sycamore Gap tree was chopped down

Two people have been found guilty of criminal damage in relation to the event

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2 w. ago 'Revenge' after a planning dispute over ramshackle caravan home..or a souvenir for newborn baby girl? The motives behind Sycamore Gap felling as two vandals face years behind bars

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, face up to ten years in prison for felling the Sycamore Gap tree during a 'moronic mission' which lasted less than three minutes and damaged Hadrian's Wall.

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2 w. ago Sycamore Gap tree detectives faced daunting task – then vandal 'grassed' on ex

Sycamore Gap detectives revealed one of the 'moronic' vandals 'grassed' on his ex-friend amid the investigation into the crime that shocked the nation - two men were today found guilty of felling the historic tree

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