Two men have been convicted of cutting down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England along ancient Hadrian’s Wall ...

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were found guilty of two counts each of criminal damage for cutting down beloved Sycamore ...

Two men were convicted Friday of cutting down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England in 2023 in an unexplained act of vandalism that caused widespread outrage.

Prosecutors say that as news of the crime spread, the two men exchanged messages relishing the outrage and sadness they caused. The tree in northern England was believed to be about 200 years old.

When the iconic Sycamore Gap tree was cut down in September 2023, it triggered an outpouring of grief and outrage. Believed to be about 200 years old, the stately tree rose out of a dip in the ...

“At the time of that text conversation, the only people in the world who knew the tree had been felled were the men who had had cut it down,” Wright said. “And the only people in the world ...