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The couple fell the tree when Storm Agnes raged in the early hours of 28 September 2023. It has been in a fold in the landscape for more than 100 years.
Neither Graham nor Carruthers Shown every visible emotion when guilty statements were made during a hearing on 9 May 2025. It took the jury five hours to reach the unanimous statements.
The couple saw it as a “a little laugh” and then “enjoyed” in their shame when the crime made the headlines all over the world, a jury was told. They found themselves “big or funny or smart”.
Graham and Carruthers were convicted of criminal damage to the tree and on the wall of Hadrianus, which was damaged when the Sycamore fell on the old monument.
Both men custody in custody, Mrs. Justice Lambert said during the hearing in May that they could be confronted ‘a long period’ in prison.
Mark Brown
The judge, judge, Mrs. Justice Lambert, came shortly before the court and told the prosecutor and lawyers who had been there An application for Graham and Carruthers to be brought to court in handcuffs.
Lawyers who represent both men now have left the courtroom to talk to their clients.
The court opens for the hearing
Mark Brown
Officials of the Newcastle Crown Court began to leave people in court at 10.45 am for the conviction.
There are a dozen journalists in the press benches and almost a dozen more on chairs that are normally used by the jury.
The public gallery is also full.
Summary of the opening: Sycamore Gap Pair Face Saspencing
Good morning and welcome to the Guardian’s report on the hearing for the Sycamore Gap Tree Felling Case.
Former friends Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carrosers, 32, will be convicted on Tuesday after being convicted of criminal damage to the beloved Sycamore Gap Tree, who had been in a fold in the landscape for more than 100 years.
They were also convicted of criminal damage Hadrian’s Wall, when the Sycamore fell on the old monument.
The maximum punishment for criminal damage is 10 years and aggravating factors include or it has been done to a heritage or culturally active and proof of a broader impact on the community.
Mrs. Justice Lambert will condemn the couple, which was in custody after their trial in May Newcastle Crown Court.
Below is a summary of the case to date:
The couple used a chainsaw to reduce the cherished tree, next to the Wall of Hadrianus Northumberland, While Storm Agnes raged in the early hours of 28 September 2023.
Graham’s Range Rover was picked up on Cameras Automatic Number Plaat Recognition (ANPR) Between Carlisle and Sycamore Gap at night on September 27, 2023, and to return early the next morning. His mobile was traced to call masts Make the same trip.
When the police arrested the pair and searched Graham’s phone, they found one Two minutes and 41 seconds video, which showed that the Sycamore was being cut down At 12.30 on 28 September and was sent to Carruthers.
She took a wedge from the tree as a trophy That has never been recovered and enjoyed the media -attention, With messages and speech notes between Graham and Carruthers, the next day they spoke about the story that “wild” and “viral” went.
Richard Wright KC, prosecute, jury members said that the couple had taken part “Idiote Mission” To reduce the monument, travel more than 40 minutes from their houses in Cumbria and then wore their equipment about Pikzwart Heide during the storm in September 2023.
Graham and Carruthers were found guilty of criminal damage during a hearing on May 9, 2025. The jury lasted five hours to reach unanimous statements.
When she left the couple, Lambert said that they could be confronted with a long period of time “.
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