‘Mindless’ damage: Two convicted of cutting down historic Sycamore Gap tree | Environment News

In 2023, the pair cut down the almost 200-year-old tree on Hadrian’s Wall in northern England.

A British court has found two men guilty of cutting down the famous “Sycamore Gap” tree in what prosecutors called a “moronic mission”.

Newcastle Crown Court found former friends Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, guilty of criminal damage on Friday for the 2023 felling of the tree at Sycamore Gap.

The historic tree, estimated to be almost 200 years old, stood at the centre of a…