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Taxpayers Foot Almost £19k Legal Aid Bill for Sycamore Gap Fellers as Both Jailed
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 15 – Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers received four years and three months each for causing over £622,000 in damage to the Sycamore Gap tree and Hadrian's Wall, court ruled.
- At Newcastle Crown Court on Tuesday, Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were sentenced to four years and three months, marking the legal close of the landmark felling case.
- The May 2025 conviction found Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers guilty in 2025 for criminal damage, having caused £622,191 damage to the Sycamore Gap tree during the incident.
- During the trial, Richard Wright KC described a `moronic mission`, noting the 40-minute journey from their Cumbria residences and pitch-black moorland storm conditions that set the scene for the crime.
- After the case, social media backlash targeted Daniel Graham when he tipped off police, leading to widespread public outrage.
- Steve Miller reports visitor numbers are well down this year, and calls for a heritage register aim to prevent future losses of historic trees.
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Sycamore Gap duo told court it was 'just a tree' and 'didn't understand the fuss'
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.
Two men have been sentenced to just over four years in prison for cutting down the iconic Sycamore Gap tree in northern England. The grief and the orders are testament to a frustrated country, writes Sandra Stiskalo
Two men were sentenced on Tuesday 15 July to four years and three months in prison for cutting the "Sycamore Gap Tree", England's most famous tree.
Bizarre story of Sycamore Gap duo and moment that 'tipped them over the edge' - The Mirror
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'
The incident caused an outcry – but no one understands why they did it. "It was just a tree."
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